STARK WARFARE
The Way of Turkestan REBELS AND GUARDS Mutilation, Torture & Death By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright (Rec. August 28, 5.5 p.m.) Riga, August 28. Tourists from Turkestan reveal details of a recent rising in which a detachment of Soviet “Ogpu” troops suffered heavy losses. The rebels were led by Ibrahim Bey, Bokhara’s Robin Hood. They captured a munition train on the Samarkand border, stripped 30 “Ogpu” guards, cut the name of Mohammed on their backs, tied them to the rails, set fire to the train, and watched it run over the captives.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 286, 29 August 1931, Page 7
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92STARK WARFARE Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 286, 29 August 1931, Page 7
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