RUSSIAN TROOPS
RAID CATHOLIC CHURCH SEVEN WORSHIPPERS SHOT DEAD (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) WARSAW. 51 h August. Tb is reported from Viliia that an O.G.P.U. detachment raided a Catholic church in a village near the Russian frontier, and shot dead seven and wounded fourteen worshippers, 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 and the troops got out of control when refused admission. Tho shooting has caused. a panic among the Catholic population.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 6 August 1931, Page 7
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