A group of Legionaries seized the former political leaders from Jilava military prison and shot them at 3,0 am. yesterd:
Those executed included a former premier, several ministers of state, generals and police officials, who were alleged to have been responsible for the deaths in 1938 of Captain Zelea Codreanu, chief of the Legionaries and other Iron Guard leaders, Iron Guards lent a macabre touch to the shootings, The tomb of Captain Codreau, in the Jilava prison courtyard, where he wa: killed, was opened and victims of yesterday's mass executions were lined up before the open grave and shot.
Cement slabs covering tombs of Captain Codreanu's 15 ce-leaders also were removed, After the executions the bodies were taken from their tombs and ceremoniously conveyed to the high altar of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral, There they will lie in state until Sunday pending burial on the outskirts of Bucharest, where other Legionary heroes are entombed.
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