POLICE AND COMMUNISTS
A FATAL ENCOUNTER.
(By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Reuter’s Telegrams.) BERLIN, March 14. Six persons were killed and 23 seriously injured, while 13 others suffered lesser injuries, in a collision between the police and Communists at Halle. Shots were fired immediately after speeches by English and French communists. The police had previously informed the communist Party that foreign communists would not be allowed to speak, and when a German Communist started to translate the speeches, a police officer protested. When the audience showed hostility, he summoned reinforcements and ordered the people to leave the hall. The crowd attacked the police with empty beer glasses and chairs. Suddenly a shot was fired from the gallery against the police, who replied with shots, inflicting the casualties mentioned.
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Southland Times, Issue 19502, 17 March 1925, Page 7
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126POLICE AND COMMUNISTS Southland Times, Issue 19502, 17 March 1925, Page 7
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