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Mass grave unearthed at elementary school Bodies found in schoolyard

Aug 06, 2008
By TBT Staff

GRAVE SITE: Some 600 bodies were discovered underneath an elementary school in Riga.
RIGA - A search team has found a site thought to contain hundreds of bodies of World War II veterans underneath an elementary school in Riga. The volunteer battlefield search team Legendas found the mass grave, which they suspect holds some 600 World War II veterans, beneath the Rigas Pardaugavas Elementary School’s sports stadium. “It’s not usual, but it’s not anything unusual either. The war was very big and right afterwards it was not possible to find everyone and bring them home,” Legen ...


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