THE TURKISH OUTRAGES IN ARMENIA.
FURTHER DETAILS.
BOLTING ATROCITIES ON 'ARMENIAN PRIESTS.
EYES PUT OUT WITH HOT IRONS,
NUMBERS FLAYED ALIVE. Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. London, January 7. Further details of the massacres in Armenia relate that the Turkish soldiery put out the eyes of Armenian priests with hot irons, and compelled them to dance, which they did, at the same time praising God. It is asserted that others were flayed alive.
It is reported that Zakki Pasha has offered the Armenians in theSassoun district an amnesty if they will return to their homes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9713, 8 January 1895, Page 5
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93THE TURKISH OUTRAGES IN ARMENIA. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9713, 8 January 1895, Page 5
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