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| July 31, 1950 |
IN ASMARA, ERITREA, AN UN-NAMED BRITISH COPORAL WAS KILLED IN AMBUSH NEAR OBEL YESTERDAY BY A BAND OF FOURTY MEMBERS OF THE PRO-ETHIOPIAN SHIFTAS. THE SHIFTAS SUPPORT THE UNION OF ERITREA WITH ABYSSINIA. MEANWHILE, A BRITISH FIRING SQUAD TODAY EXECUTED ABRAHAM WOLDERFIELD, THIRTY-YEAR OLD TERRORIST, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ASMARA. A BRITISH GENERAL COURT SENTENCED HIM TO DEATH ON MAY FIFTH FOR THE MURDER OF TWO ITALIANS AND TWO ERITREANS. |