The nine men who were taken alive were brought before the First Special District Court yesterday morning. All were remanded for a period of two weeks pending investigations into the activities of the gang. An inquest was held by the Court Procurator over the bodies of the two killed by police bullets.
Major K. M. Bourne, Commissioner of Police, issued a letter last night in which he warmly commended all those in the police who worked on the case. Major Bourne emphasized the efficiency with which his men dealt with a very difficult and dangerous situation, and said he he was indeed pleased to learn that the two wounded foreigners were progressing favourably.
Helsinki, Feb. 2.
Reports from Talinn say the Estonian authorities yesterday admitted for the first time that foreign aircraft, from an unnamed country, repeatedly bombed Soviet air bases in Estonia during the past few weeks. The last occasion is reported to have been January 28 when Baltiski was heavily bombed. Fires caused by the raid were visible for many miles.
The first raid on this base took the Russians completely by surprise and a number of planes and hangars were destroyed. Almost all Soviet air bases in Estonia are reported to have been raided.
Many Soviet "officers: were afterwards recalled from Estonia, including the commander of the Baltiski air base. They went to Leningrad and never returned. It is thought they have been shot.
Kemi, an important town on the gulf of Bothnia, was subjected to an extensive air raid yesterday, and communications with the outside world have been practically severed. Rovaniemi was also much damaged in an air raid, and has now been evacuated except for persons in essential services.—Reuter.
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