RIOTS IN CAIRO.
BLOODSHED IN STREETS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright CAIRO, July 8. Six were killed and 46 injured in a riot at Mansourah, during tile visit of Nahas Pasha, whose car, to which 30 students were clinging, charged through a police cordon. The car drove on until it encountered a supporting military cordon, with fixed bayonets. The mob bombarded the troops with stones and brickbats. Fighting later broke out in a house where Nahas was lunching. Two police were killed and 26 injured. A mob attempted to hang a policeman by a wire noose from a window, but the wire broke. Finally mounted troops charged, and dispersed the crowds.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18615, 10 July 1930, Page 9
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111RIOTS IN CAIRO. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18615, 10 July 1930, Page 9
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