PATRIOTS EXECUTED.
THE UNREST IN NORWAY.
LONDON, Oct. 7.
The execution of another 15 Norwegian patriots, was announced by tire Oslo radio, which, quoting an official German statement, said: “A court-martial at Trondheim passed 15 death sentences, and two sentences of 10 years’ imprisonment. The executions were carried out to-night.” The- Oslo News Agency says the Trondheim court-martial proved that those executed belonged to groups of snipers formed and equipped by “emigrants of London.” These groups had been instructed to hold themselves in readiness for a possible British invasion.
A report from Stockholm says the Norwegian police are busy checking the identity papers of inhabitants within .the area subjected, to the state of emergency. Large numbers of people whose papers are not in order have been arrested.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 307, 9 October 1942, Page 3
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