A BULGARIAN INCIDENT.
CONFLICT BETWEEN POLICE AND
POPULACE,
(By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.! i.Per Priss Association.) Received March 16, 9.40 a.m. SOFIA, March 15. Stifanoff, a Bulgarian, abducted a Mussulman girl. _ The Courts decided that the girl, being a minor, .must be returned to her parents. The populace at Rusrchuk supported Stifanoff's resistance of the decree, and in the resultant fight the police killed sixteen of the people and wounded a hundred, many seriously. The Minister for the Interior is widely blamed, and also the police and military for over-zcalously and culpably executing the Courts' orders in the face of public excitement. The guard has been reinforced. King Ferdinand is much upset at the occurrence.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9167, Issue 9167, 16 March 1910, Page 5
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114A BULGARIAN INCIDENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume 9167, Issue 9167, 16 March 1910, Page 5
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