MORE CLASHES
MOSLEMS V. HINDUS
SHOWING SIGNS OF SPREADING
L United Press Association—By Electrw Telegraph.—Copyright.)
CALCUTTA, June 6
T*ne age-old, religious autugoiu m between the ..Hindus and Moslems vih-vii flared at Bombay shows signs ot .spreatL iug to other centres, the latest, disturbances being in the Hindu State oi Alwar where..communal feeling culminated in grave, incidents. Crowds from Loth 00m iii'uiiities, armed w.th swords, axes, -scythes;., reaping hooks and knives, gath e r e d in! the streets but -.State troops prevented a clash.
The crowds stampeded and the troop-, fearing an attack opened fire, killing three and wounding forty. The tension continues.
Three were -killed and twenty injured in Hindu and Moslem riots at Pundrua, a -small town in the Punjab. Four were killed and many .injured in communal rioting in several villages in Jessore, near Calcutta, while armed police separated infuriated religionists numbering several thousands, ’Stabbing outrages cohtittue at Bombay.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1932, Page 5
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152MORE CLASHES Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1932, Page 5
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