Three British constables disappeared and two Arabs, who had accompanied them, were found wounded as a result of the attack made by twenty-two Arab Bedouins on the British Police in the vicinity of Jerusalem, on May 2nd.
An auxiliary of British and Palestinian Gendarmerie have been despatched to the place of attack to search for the Bedouins. It is believed that the three missing constables are dead. Besides the casualties, police property of the value of 300 pounds was robbed.
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