RAID ON CHURCH
SEVEN PEOPLE SHOT Press Association —By Telegraph Copyright* WARSAW, August 5. , It lias been reported from Vilna that a detachment of the Ogpu raided a Roman Catholic church m a village near the Russian frontier and shot dead seven and wounded fourteen worshippers. and arrested 145. The the detachment stated that he was informed that a meeting of counterrevolutionaries was being held m the church. The troops got out of control when they were refused admission. • ■ ■ The shooting caused a panic among the. Roman Catholic population.
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Evening Star, Issue 20864, 6 August 1931, Page 2
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89RAID ON CHURCH Evening Star, Issue 20864, 6 August 1931, Page 2
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