The Vinica Province of the MoR (1897-1898) – the night of 14 opposite 15. Xi 1897 In Vinica Banda robbery came from Bulgaria for robbing Property Turks killed the rich Turk Qasmanaga, his night guard member member and other two meat residents. During the search of the house of the killed guard, a larger amount of hidden weapons was discovered (rifles, revolvers, bombs). After the arrests with fierce tortures of the arrested police, the police discovered the existence of the Secret Organization (MoR), followed by mass arrests of the visible figures, teachers and priests in Vinica, Kocani, Stip, Kratovo and the villages. The total number of open 1000 people. Individual and collective protests from other cities of Macedonia followed the massive arrests and the cruelty of terror. For the stopping of the terror of the authorities, the diplomatic representatives of Russia, Austria-Hungary and Great Britain also intervened. The number of victims in the Vinica affair was: killed 5, dead from torture 5, tortured 196, raped women and men 13, 528 people closed. Lit.: Aleksandar Apostolov, Vinica affair, Vinica, 1997; Vanco Gjorgiev, the Vinica affair and Petar Pop Arsov, “Messenger” of Ini, 1-2, Skopje, 1995. M. Min.
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Кириличен напис ВИНИЧКАТА ПРОВАЛА НА МРО