The Archive · 1924

Riot in Mesopotamia

Quarrel Between Townspeople and Local Guar London, May 9.

The Colonial Office reports that a hundred townspeople and six mom-bers of the Levy Force wore killed at Kirkuk "in Mesopotamia last Sunday as a result of a conflict, The outbreak was due to a number of the Levy forces seizing arms and breaking loose, in spite of the efforts of the oticers, on learning that three shopkeepers had assaulted three of their comrades during altercation, Order has been. restored—Reuter.

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