BELFAST RIOTS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1932, Page 5

BELFAST RIOTS

MIDNIGHT COURT 34 UNEMPLOYED ARE CHARGED. (United Press Association —By Electric Tel egraph—Copyright.) LONDON, October 11. Following Irom the Belfast riots, a special court was summoned at midnight. There were 34 men charged j with riotous assembly. They’ 1 were re- | rnamled. T\vO ! of them were” charged with attempted!'murder of a policeman. . ' 'fU.-fu-The situation has become quieter, except in the Falls Road area, where policemen showing themselves are sniped at. The armoured cars have continued to patrol the city all night long. During the riots four pawnbrokers were pillaged, and a lorry laden with 'beer was looted. Three houses were burned to the ground. There have been burned to the ground. There have been thirty-;,ne persons injured, treated at the hospitals. The police have used cars on which they mounted machine guns equipped with birdcage tops to protect the crews from showers of stones. INCREASING TENSION PREVAILS. POLICE PATROL DANGER ZONE. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) BELFAST, October 12. The riots have recommenced, hut police charging, prevented a crowd raiding a baker’s cart. Several persons were injured and sent to the hospital. The tension has spread throughout the city. Three thousand police are patrolling the danger zones, suppressing attempts at looting the smaller shops, and the attacking of vehicles. The banks are strongly guarded. Snipers are again firing at the police, but armoured cars dispersed the most threatening attack.