Two Arabs who participated in the savage pogrom early in August were arrested today and confessed they had murdered the Halimi family, prominent in this city’s Jewish community. One of the Arabs described how during the pogrom he had stabbed Mrs. Halimi and one son, while his companion had shot the rest of the family.
According to official French reports forty-six Jews were killed during the Constantine massacre, which lasted several days and was suppressed only when troops were
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