First pictures of sacked Addis

First pictures of sacked Addis Ababa , looting and burning after emperor ' s flight ._x000D_ This picture , transmitted from Djibuti , French Somaliland , is the first received in London of the sacked capital of Abyssinian , looted by rioting mobs after the flight of Emperor Haile Selassie to Palestine . _x000D_ Before the entry of the victorious Italian troops , bands of Abyssinian brigands pouring down from the hills , and even the inhabitants , joined in looting the city , fighting among themselves for the loot . _x000D_ Foreign nationals sought refuge in their threatened Legations and the rioters were fighting in the corpse littered streets as the Italians approached the gates of the city . _x000D_ photo shows , a sacked and ruined quarter of Addis Ababa , , showing the bodies of looters and rioters in the streets . _x000D_ 13 May 1936