The Archive · 1934

ITALIAN FISHERMAN SHOT] BY TURKS

Athens, July 25.

Following the Samos affair, in which Surgeon-Lieut. J, W. Robinson, of HMS.. Devonshire, was killed another shooting, incident involving Turkish sentries has occurred.

According 10 despatches from Rhodes, Turkish sentries to-day fired on an Ttalian fishing boat off Anatolia, killing one of the crew.

'The boat, plying near' the Ttalian is-Jand of Castelorizzo, 75 miles southeast of Rhodes, was at the time entering a creek on the mainland to shelter from a strong wind.—Reuter.

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