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3 Jewish Policemen, Nashashibi’s Cousin Wounded

February 23, 1939
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Three Jewish special policemen and a cousin of Ragheb Bey Nashashibi, leader of the Arab moderates at the London conferences, were shot and seriously wounded by Arab terrorists today as disorders continued in various parts of Palestine. Uhdi Nashashibi was attacked near the Herod Gate here. The authorities immediately imposed curfew on the section. Two Jewish ghaffirs were wounded while on duty at the Jerusalem abattoir. Another Ghaffir was struck down by gunfire while on duty near the German colony at Haifa.

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