The Archive · 1938

Fresh Border Incidents

Prague. Sept, 21.

According to the official Ceteka news agency, several incidents again occurred last night along the Czech-German border.

At Petrikovice, a gang of armed men attacked a military shelter, killing a finance inspector, and then disappeared.

At Trebom, fifteen men attacked a group of policemen, and in the ensuing clash one of the aggressors was killed and a customs official hounded.

At Beilavoda, a Czech customs official was fired upon but was not hurt.

The customs house at Eviese was attacked, and an exchange of shots lasted for half an hour, during which one Czech soldier was wounded.

At Klingenthal, shots were fired at the customs house, but gendarmes compelled the aggressors to flee.

At Boeumiscu, a customs post situated a few metres from the frontier was fired at from the other side of the border.

The customs house at Asch was also attacked, while the one in Nova Ves was completely destroyed during an assault, a Finance employee being seriously wounded. In this case, the aggressors used machine guns.—Havas.

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