Khalifa Aluche, Jewish merchant of Siliana, Tunis, was seriously wounded yesterday when a band of Arabs attacked Jewish merchants at the weekly fair in that city, it was reported here today.
Police promptly intervened, dispersed the rioters and arrested many of the Arab anti-Semitic band.
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