A detonator was thrown at Sir Oswald Mosley, British Fascist leader, while he was attacking the Jews in a speech here tonight, but failed to injure the Blackshirt Chieftain, according to the Havas News Agency.
Police intervened, informing Mosley he would have to modify his statements or cut short his address. Thereafter the meeting proceeded on schedule without disorder.
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