Evening star., 1948-12-05
Riofing Cairo Students
Kill Police Chief and
Three Other Officers
BY the Associated Press

OA4rtO, ESypt, OcC. f-ItlOIlIlS
students shouting Palestine and
anti-government slogans killed
Police Chief Selim Zaki Pasha
with a grenade today.
Police sorceS said three other po-
Ecemen we're killed and 1S wounded,
In the battle at Fuad University
Medical School, Two hundred fifty
nine students, most of them injured,
were arrested.
The disorder occurred as DR..
Ralph Bunche, acting U. n. media
tor in Palestine. was paying visit
to Cairo. He and his assistants were
guarded by squad Of u constahles
and eight plainclothesmen.
Will Use All Authority.
Premier Mahmoud FANNY No
krashy Pasha, who was comforting
vith DR.. Bunche at the time, told
reporters these are elements of
destruction. We are going to use
all authority in our hands"
The incident also conceded with
news Of the fall of Premier Jamil
Mardam Bey's government in Syria
after several days of strikes and
street rioting. Dissatisfaction with
the situation in Palestine led to the
disturbances.
From another Arab country. Iraq
dispatches reported the National
Democratic and Liberal parties
suspended activity because of gov
ernment restrictions. Only the in
dependence party is functioning in
Iraq now.
Middle East dispatches in re-
cent days have reported the like
Ihood of disturbances, not only
in Syria but 1raq and Egypt as
well. as a result of popular
disillusionment over Palestine
events)
University Director Seized.
Shouting ''the Sudan for Egypt"
Palestine for the Arabs" and
"Dcwn with Nokrashy," the students
tried to march on Premier NAH
lnoud FANNY Nokrashy's office.
They kidnapped DR.. Ibrahim Shaw
Ii Bey, director Of the university,
and made him march with them.
A first police Gordon about the
university grounds permitted them
to pass, but a second Gordon stopped
them and the first closed in behind
them.
In the clash, police said they
ArAI iy, 81,
gas bombs until a hand grenade
was tossed from one of the uni
versity roofs. fatally wounding the
police chief.
The students then broke through
the Gordon and rushed to the uni
versity, pursued by police. Shooting
continued inside. Mounted police
arrived to help subdue the students
and disperse crowds which collected.
Students Hauled Away.
Police trucks hauled away the
students, most Of whom had bloody
faces. Crowds stoned some of the
trucks in which police only were
visible. The students had been Or
dered to lie down and keep out
of sight.
Several secondary schools in the
area Joined in the demonstration
Police said three police guards were
killed by grenades at other schools
OF the university in Giza suburb.
Tonight. however, Saber Tantawi
Bey, chief Of public security, de-
clared all was quiet.
The university opened only this
morning after being closed for two
days as the result of a student
strike. The striking students pro-
tested the refusal of British officials
in the Sudan to admit group of
Egyptian lawyers into that country
to defend some pro-Egyptians ac-
cused of causing election disorders.
Egypt and Britain. who now rule
the Sudan jointly, have. been un-
able to agree on the future status
of the land. The Egyptians insist
on annexing the Sudan under the
Egyptian crown.
Riots End in Syria.
The reports from Damascus said
strikes and riots had ended in Syria
but the army continued to rule un-
der martial law. Hasern Attassi.
venerable former president, has
consented to form a new govern
ment after having at first refused.
University students are the ira
ditional firebrands of Egyptian poll
tics. What may be behind today's
demonstration is not certain. Party
politics often are a factor in such
disorders, but today's violence ap-
peared to be symptomatic Of wide
spread political unrest in the Middle
East.
The rise Of q Jewish State in the
Arab midst is one cause of dissatis-
faction. The low LIVING standard
is another. Political oponents of the
governments in power are now in
a position to capitalize on the fall
ure of these governments to achieve
Arab aims.
Premier Nokrashy refused today
to receive reporter representing a
newspaper of the Moslem Brother
hood Several members of the
Brotherhood were arrested recently
in connection with bombings or
property here, mostly Jewish.
DR.. Bunche told reporters 1--WE are
approaching the stage when con-
cessions will have to be made by
both sides"
He said Israel has complied with
the U. N. call for armistice nego-
tiations in Palestine, but no reply
has been received from any of the
Arab states except Syria.
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