§ 5. Mr. LUNNasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the number of casualties to date among the Egyptian population and among our soldiers in Egypt in connection with the riots at Alexandria?
Mr. HARMSWORTHOfficial telegraphic reports received indicate that as the result of the disturbances in Alexandria on the 24th and 25th October, forty seven members of the Egyptian police were injured, whilst amongst the crowd seven Egyptians were killed and twenty-one injured. No casualties have been reported among the British troops, who were stoned by the crowd and appear to have suffered only minor injuries.
During the riot on 31st October, British troops were not called upon to intervene, but several Egyptians are reported killed or wounded by bullets fired by three native soldiers, now under arrest, who fired some ninety shots from an Egyptian Government motor car. On night of 3rd November some British soldiers were attacked near Hadra Hospital and a sentry fired on their aggressors, causing some casualties.