Two illegal Jewish immigrants were killed today, it was officially announced when a British Feast Guard cutter opened fire on a ship carrying 1,400 refugees which deliberately attempted to ram the cutter in order to land its passengers. The refugees were later landed in Tel Aviv and interned in Sarafend concentration camp. The ship was the S.S.Tigerhill, famous as a blockade breaker during the Spanish civil war.
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