The anti-Jewish disorders in the city of Grodno, in which sixty Jews were injured and one stabbed to death, were organized beforehand, the Polish daily, Czas, contends today.
Of the thirteen Jews arrested for self-defense in Grodno during the riots five are still detained by the authorities.
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