 The Irgun attackers broke into the station and killed two British soldiers and two police constables, then made off with the arms and ammunition.Two days later, Assistant Superintendent Tom Wilkin of the Palestine Police was assassinated by Lehi.In October 1944, the Jewish Agency decided to take action to suppress the insurrection, and the Haganah opened a training course for 170 men to wage an anti-Irgun campaign which would come to be known as the Saison, or "Hunting Season", on October 20.