Massacres of Jews which began in Bucharest have spread to the Rumanian provinces, accompanied by widespread pillaging, Reuters reported from Bucharest today.
Indications were, the dispatch said, that the mass murders were carried out by Iron Guard rebels. Thousands of Jewish families were said to have been slain. Attacks were particularly severe in Brasov, Brila, Ploesti and Galatz.
The number of casualties was not immediately ascertained, but long lists of wounded were posted in hospitals, Reuters said.
Other reports, from Sofia, quoted travelers leaving Bucharest as saying they counted 200 dead on the highway, most of them Jews. Jewish prisoners in Jilava Prison were reported killed by the rebels.
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