RIOT IN EAST SECTOR
(N.Z.P.A.-
-Reuter,
Crdwd Of 30,000 Run Amuck iii Berlin
Copyrigfit)
Reeeived Tuesday, 10.30 a.m. BERLIN, April 18. Accordihg to the German neWS agency at Dena, East sector poliq£ opened fire when a crowd of 30,00t p'feoplfe waitc'hifig cvcle races rah amuck. Tiie ridt bfegstii with a demonstrdtion against the organisers of thfe races. ..Bpectators were beaten up, tne box ottices overturned and the crbWd Was completely out of hand. ' i The police tried to arrest one man and fired shots when oth£r people intervened. The angry crowd then turned on the police and the pohce naa to jump into their cafs to escape. The agency did not say whether anyone was irijured by the sncits.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 April 1949, Page 5
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