Several Jewish workers and two Arabs were wounded and one Arab was killed in a fight which occurred between the Jewish workingmen and Arabs of the neighboring villages at Afuleh Station, between the Jewish colonies Merchoviah and Balfouria.
Jewish workingmen started plowing on a strip of land which was considered by the neighboring villages as disputed land. The Arabs endeavored to prevent the work and threw stones at the workmen. Thereupon the Jewish workmen fired on the Arabs. Several arrests were made.
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