DEATHS NOW TOTAL 190

Chronicle (Levin), 15 December 1947, Page 5

DEATHS NOW TOTAL 190

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-Reuter,

Arabs Raid Police Depot And Steal Arms

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Received Monday, 9.50 a,m. LONDON, Dec. 14. Armed Arabs raided an Arab supernumerary police depot at Ramleh, near Lydda, late last night and stole 400 rifles, three Bren gunS, six Sten guns and 60,000 rounds of ammunition, says Reu..er's Jerusalem correspondent. British guardsmen manning a road block in Ramleh fought a 30minute battle with the Arab's, who wounded oile British officer. The Arabs, in three trucks, apparently tried to rush the road block. They abandonea two of the trucks from one of which troops recovered 76 rifles, three Bren guns and six Sten guns. Troops captured three of the Arabs. A grenade thrown at an Arab bus in Jerusalem killed an Arab child playing' nearby and wounded another Arab, reports the Associated Press. A bomb damaged a Jewish shop in Haifa. Eleven thousand tons of imported merchandise are piled up in Haifa port where the disturbances have partially paralysed transport. It is officially announced that the death roll in the Arab-JewislT fighting has reached 190 for the fortnight since the United Nations' | partition decision. The figures comprise 85 jews, 93 Arabs, seven British security police, live Palestinian police and one Armenian. The death roll for the past 24 hours is 28-24 Arabs, three Jews and one Briton. Unofflcial Arab and Jewish sources state that the total death roll is at least 220. From Cairo the British United Press correspondent reports that 100,000 Arabs staged a huge demonstration there against the partitioning of Palestine. All Arab and Moslem countries vrore represented. Egyptian political, religious and professional organisations attended, The leaders urged the crowd to keep the demonstration peaceful.