MASS MURDER OF WHITES
INFLAMMATORY LEAFLETS PRODUCED AT SPECIAL TRIAL CHARGES AGAINST BENGALIS TERRORISM AT CHITTAGONG By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Calcutta, January 24. Leaflets calling for the mass murder of European men, women and children by the Indian Republican Army were produced at the trial of two Bengalis charged before a special tribunal at Calcutta with throwing bombs and firing revolvers at Europeans in the Chittagong incident. Four .Bengalis, at another trial, are charged with criminal intimidation. The terrorists attempted, to extort' money from Indian firms to keep the revolutionary activities alive. They said they wanted the money to purchase revolvers to commit outrages and murder officials, including the president of the Chittagong tribunal. Letters conveyed threats of death to the victim and his family if the money was not paid.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1934, Page 7
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