At nine o╒clock yesterday morning simultaneous attacks were made on military officers and ex-officers in their lodgings in various parts of Dublin.
Fourteen persons in all appear to have been killed and six wounded. The auxiliary police captured three of the assassins.
Two of the killed were auxiliaries of the R.I.C., who had been despatched for reinforcements. Two others are stated to have been court-martial officers. The rest are believed to have been connected with the intelligence services.
Most of the men were killed in their bedrooms or in their beds, and in one case an officer was shot in the presence of his wife.
There were eight separate attacks by large organised gangs, and our special correspondent in Dublin expresses the belief that the murders were the acts of desperate men who felt the net of an increasingly efficient intelligence service drawing closer round them.
From another sources it is learned that a lorryload of ╥Black-and-Tans╙ came into conflict with some of the gangs, two of the ╥Black-and-Tans╙ being killed. One raider was captured and several wounded.
A large force of military and police visited Croke Park, Dublin, yesterday while a big football match was in progress. They are reported to have been fired upon and returned the fire. In the panic ten persons were killed and 65 injured. Several thousands of people were searched and a few revolvers found.
It is stated that the authorities sent forces to the football ground to search for arms, because Sinn Fein gunmen were believed to have gone to Dublin under the guise of attending the match, but in reality to commit the murders.
