31 Jan 1913: Massacre of Christians, Scrip

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English translation of news piece below.

MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS
BY THE TURKS

Scrip newspaper (Greece)..
January 31, 1913. p.4.

       SOFIA, 30 January.
(A.P.) - A  young  female  with a
child  in  her  arms  fleeing from   
Rum  Burgaz [Kumburgaz] yesterday 
narrates how Turkish soldiers locked
all  the male Christian  population 
in  a  school  and  massacred  them
starting with the religious clergy.
They then proceeded to slaughter 
the  women  and children. All the
young  women  and  girls  were
transfered  to ships. These inhumane 
acts were repeated in the  villages
Kestinta and Oklali.


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