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The attack took place ; ni V.* .nd • 1:1km/.';
the house was in the .7,iidle of :::c vi*. i *
as the inhabitants were unarmed nenody d..:v :
to cone to the assistance of the wc.i;.-.
At Barbur two houses were raided by a

large band of armed men in the middle of the
night, The goods which were stolen were of
small value. The occupants of the firs.i house

were not molested but the owner of the second
house refused to open the door when ordered
to do so, at which the attackers fired several
shots through the door and then smashed it in.
There was a fight between the villagers and

the raiders, the villagers were badly beaten
v/ith butts of rifles but one of the raiders
was wounded in the hand with a pruning knife.

'.Then the matter was investigated it was found
that the raiders had carried a wooden chest
from the village to a place on the sea shore
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half way between Barbar and I'an-imah and from
the blood trail which they left it was evi­

dent that one of the robbers was badly wounded.
The two cases are being investigated and a
number of arrests have been .made in connec­

tion with the Zinj attack, xi .soaewhat simi-
lar case occurred at the end of the year when
people returning from Kanemah to *udeya in
the evening v/ith a donkey load of provisions
were held up by two armed wen, t.\e footpads

took to flight however on seeing oshar people
coaling down the road.
For several years Bahrain has been free
from cases of this kind although eight or