Jerusalem, Oct. 17.
Several British officers had narrow escapes from snipers' bullets today Two men of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiments were wounded by snipers at Ramleh.
Many casualties were sustained by Arabs in an engagement with the Royal Irish Fusiliers on the Northern Frontier road, while several Arabs were arrested at Jaffa and Haifa for distributing. seditious literature.
Following several fresh incidents during the week-end, a 24-hour curfew was imposed on the old city of Jerusalem beginning from 7 o'clock in the evening.
More than twelve towns in Palestine, most of which have Arab populations, are nbw under night-time curfew, While employees of the British-owned Jerusalem Electric Corporation were working yesterday, shots were fired. The police answered the firing, but no one was hit.
Four Arabs were injured when a bomb exploded inside the Mosque of Omar ar Another incident occurred at Ramieb, where an unsuccessful attempt was made to shoot a British constable.
Shooting that involved a British military patrol in the Judean hills, wast of Jerusalem, resulted in three Arabs killed and a British officer injured, When six men were seen bolting from the scene of an explosion on the railway line near Gaza, troops fired, Killing three, while two were cap: ured, Two Americans Killed Jerusalem, Oct, 16, Two American Jews were murdered today when a large armed Arab band of terrorists attacked Tiberias and killed 21 Jews.
While part of the band¥entered: the town and started firing near the town-hall to attract the British forces who left other parts of the city unprotected, other members of the attacking group swooped down on the Jewish community, Firing their rifes wildly and using knives and sabres, the Arabs killed 21 Jews. Two Americans were dise covered among those killed and this led to the belief that there would be a strong protest registered by the American authorities. The Arab ter-
cluding the city's synagogue, before rousts burned severa] PUO in-departing.
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