POLICE POST ATTACKED.
ARABIAN TRIBE'S OUTRAGE. (B7 cable—press association—copyright.) (AUSTRALIAN AND NZ. CABLE ASSOCIATION'.) (Eeceived November 15th, 5.5 p.m.) BAGDAD, November 14. A Central Arabian Wahabi tribe, under the leadership of the notorious Akhwan, .a chief, attacked the Iraq frontier police post and killed five policemen and twelve labourers, including women engaged in construction, work. One policeman and a labourer escaped into the desert. A police force was dispatched and found the mutilated bodies. An Air Force squadron punished the tribesmen.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 12
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81POLICE POST ATTACKED. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 12
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