London, Sept. 11.
The chief legal adviser to the Norwegian trade union and leading Norwegian barrister, Viggo Hansteen, was shot yesterday in following the imposition of the death sentence by a German summary court martial ies the Norwegian Telgraph Agency.
The news was announced by the German Black Guard leader in Norway in a broadcast from Oslo, in which he gave. the reasons for the imposition of martial law in Oslo end surrounding districts.
The court martial was held yesterday morning, and six trade unionists, including Hansteen, wen charged with plotting a ' general strike.
Another trade union leader named Wiedstroem was also sentenced to death and executed, according to the Norwegian Telegraph Agency. A third was sentenced to life imprisonment, and of the remaining three leaders two were sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment and the other to four years.
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