RUSSIAN CHURCH RAIDED
WARSAW, Aug. 5. It is reported from Vilna that an O.G.P.U. (Soviet “Unified State Political Department”) detachment raided a Catholic church in a village near the Russian frontier, shot dead seven worshippers, wounded 14, and arrested 145. The leader of the detachment stated that 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 the Catholic population.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 210, 6 August 1931, Page 7
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