The Archive · 1930

Government Hospital Stoned

Alexandria, July 16, 'Thousands of Egyptians to-day stoned the Government Hospital ax protest against the Procurator-General's decision to forbid the r2- moval for public burial of the corpses of victims of yesterday'

until a post mortem had The police, commanded by Fitzpatrick Bey, who was injured in yesterday's rioting, restored order.

Subsequently, when all formalities had been completed, the bodies of the victims were handed over to the crowd, who carried them shoulder high through the mair: streets, There was no further order.—Reuter. is efficilly announced that the eastalties as the result of the rioting here yesterday were as follow: one Atalian dead and eight other Europ-teans wound post-mortem examination show ed that the Ttalian died of heart failure, although he was knocked fon the hea:

In addition thirteen natives wers Killed; forty-eight were wounded and had to be taken to hospital while sixty-five others received slight injuries, "ten men in the Government forces were badly hurt and had to be placed $n hospital, while thirty-nine were lightly injured.

There were 147 arrests in all.

Those arrested consisted of rift and boys, with the exception of one person, an educated Egyptian.

Allis quiet in the city at present, bat many shops have closed their {doors and police and soldiers are Btationed at strategic points Reuter,

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