Riot

Ruse blood wedding

1910 · 43.84° N, 25.95° E

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When
1910
Kind
Riot
Coordinates
43.84° N, 25.95° E
Description
1910 massacre in Ruse, Bulgaria

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Ruse blood wedding

1910 massacre in Ruse, Bulgaria

The phrase Ruse blood wedding usually refers to a 1910 conflict among ethnic groups and the army in Ruse, Bulgaria, resulting in the deaths of 24 people; 70 others were injured. The clashes were caused by the wedding of a Bulgarian man and an ethnic Turkish girl, of which the local Turks disapproved and state authorities violently opposed.

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