TURK AND BULGARIA
KOCHANA MASSACRE. HUNDREDS OF MURDERS. . (Received This Morning, 12.15 o'ciuck ROME, August 11. Details of the Kochana massac.e show that the town, was full, it being market day. The first explosion in the bazaar killed eleven, and the jo condj live minutes hte, caused an incredible panic. Bands of Mussulmans slrmed with guns, revolvers and clubs, butchered the > Bulgarians wholesale for tlii'.c hours, and under the eyes of the .uithoritics. When the troops appeared, inisteac l nf arresting the • murderers, they for Bulgarians till niglitfa.'. It is estimated that 140 were K.lled. The number wounded is unknown. Next morning hundreds of bodies wero laid out in the court-yard of the Bulgarian church. No arrests were made except of innocent Christians.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 12 August 1912, Page 5
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123TURK AND BULGARIA Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 12 August 1912, Page 5
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