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SCORES KILLED, HUNDREDS INJURED AS
PARA-MILITARY EXTREMISTS RIOT
BOSTON, April 20 — National Guard units seeking to
confiscate a
cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed
yesterday
by elements of a para-military extremist faction. Military
and law
enforcement sources estimated that 72 were killed and more
than
200 injured before government forces were compelled to
withdraw.
Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas
Gage
declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of
local
citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest
movement.
Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of
vandalism
directed against internal revenue offices.
The governor, who described the group's organizers as
"criminals,"
issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest
of any
individual who has interfered with the government's
efforts to
secure law and order.
The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed
widespread
refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently
outlawed assault
weapons. Gage issued a ban on military-style assault
weapons and
ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a
meeting
in early April between government and military leaders at
which the
governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal
arms. One
government official, speaking on condition of anonymity,
pointed out
that "none of these people would have been killed had the
extremists
obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily."
Intelligence reports indicated that extremists residing in
Concord had
stockpiled a large supply of outlawed weapons and
ammunition.
National Guard units left Boston for Concord just after
midnight
yesterday. However, the units met with resistance at
Lexington from
heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding
the
government’s plans.
During a tense standoff in Lexington's town park, National
Guard
Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government
operation,
ordered the group to surrender their arms and return to
their homes.
The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was
reportedly fired
by one of the right-wing extremists. Eight civilians were
killed in
the ensuing exchange.
Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces
rather than
the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could
be restored,
armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon
the guard
units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces outmatched by the
armed mob,
ordered a retreat.
Governor Gage has called upon the citizens to support the
state/national
joint task force in its effort to restore law and order.
The governor has
also demanded the surrender of those responsible for
planning and
leading the attack against the government troops. Samuel
Adams, Paul
Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as
"ringleaders" of
the extremist faction, remain at large.
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