East African troops, who killed three Jews in the settlement of Holon on Thursday, are being transferred from the nearby military camp, the Palestine Government’s district commissioner today assured Dr. M.N. Kugel, head of the Holon council. He asked that Dr. Kugel convoy the Government’s condolences to the families of the dead.
An official announcement today said that the terrorists, whose attack on the military camp’s armory precipitated the troops rioting, got away with 23 tommy-guns, 14 rifles, three mortars, two Bren guns, several revolvers and 101 in cash.
The underground radio of the Stern Group said tonight that Gen. Sir Berard Paget, British commander-in-chief in the Middle East, is due in Palestine. He will be accompanied by a military commission, which will supervise further fortifications of military camps, to put a halt to the recurrent raids by terrorist groups, the broadcast said.
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