Rival Terrorists in Bulgaria

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7193, 27 June 1933, Page 7

Rival Terrorists in Bulgaria

VIGOROUS ACTION BY POLICE Unitod Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright SOFIA, June 25. The police are raiding houses and seizing quantities of arms, several people are believed to have been shot, and the inhabitants of Sofia and tho principal towns are confined to their homes following a midnight curfew. The authorities are vigorously suppressing the terrorism of rival Macedonian groups, and tho Chamber has approved tho death penalty for organised attempts to murder. Trams, trains, and telephones have been suspended, and journalists restricted in their work. Martial law has been raised following the Government’s search, in which 50 persons were arrested and 250 rifles, COO revolvers, 200 hand grenades, and one machine-gun confiscated. State of Seige in Sofia Received Monday, 9.30 p.m. LONDON, June 26. Tho Daily Telegraph’s Belgradecorrespondent says no telephonic communication is posible in Bulgaria. A state of siego has been proclaimed in Sofia, which is cut off from theworid. Tho Government being determined to put down the rival Macedonian organisations, searched almost everj house and cafo in the capital during the night. Many arrests were made and a largo quantity of arms were confiscated. It is rumoured a dictatorship will be proclaimed. Eleven hundred arrests were made on Sunday, but none of the prominent Macedonian leaders were found.