FRONTIER OUTRAGE
0.G.P.U., IN POLAND
RAID ON CATHOLIC CHURCH
■WARSAW, sth August. It is reported from Vilna that ""an O.G.P.U. (Soviet "Unified State Political Department") detachment raided a Catholic church iv a villago near the Russian frontier, shot dead seven worshippers, wounded 14, arid arrested 145. The leader of tho detachment stated he was informed that a meeting of counter-revolutionaries was being held in the church. The troops got out of control when they were refused admission. The shooting caused, a panic among tho Catholic population. •
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Evening Post, Volume 32, Issue 32, 6 August 1931, Page 13
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86FRONTIER OUTRAGE Evening Post, Volume 32, Issue 32, 6 August 1931, Page 13
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