TRAGIC CONFLICT.
FOLLOWS CHURCH FESTIVAL.
By Cable—Press Association —Copyright Received 7.30 p.m., June 17. LONDON, June 16.
The Belgrade correspondent of tho "Daily Express’’ reports that a Church Festival in that city, developed into a most tragic conflict. The crowd was dancing outside the church when an enraged peasant fatally stabbed an onlooker on tho grounds that he was showing improper attentions to his wife. Instantly sides were taken, and a terrific fight began, in which the murderer’s friends, armed with revolvers and knives, prevented pursuit. The police found twenty persons killed and fifty serious injured.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 18 June 1924, Page 2
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