CHINESE KILLED.
MASSACRE OF TOWNSPEOPLE. TWO THOUSAND DEAD AND WOUNDED. By Telegraph—Preu Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 8, 9.5 a.m.) PEKIN. December 6. Advices state that bandits, led by the notorious Lao Yangren, scaled the walls of Lik-wanbia in the south-eastern Honen province and burned the houses, slaughtered the population, leaving 2000 dead and wounded. The marauders displayed extraordinary frenzy, tying groups of townspeople together and pouring kerosene on them, thus igniting them into living torches. The report was delayed for a fortnight, this being due to “Lik-wankia’s isolated position. The statement declares that so great a number were killed that a vast pit was dug for common interment. The foreign missionaries fled from the district, while Yangren’s followers burned the mission stations and terrorised the countryside for miles around, their chieftain (announcing that he would kill all who opposed him.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17218, 8 December 1923, Page 1
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