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True crime · 09.01.1929

A raid at Reina ends in a fatal wound

Toomas Kaasik from Mustjala trained as a teacher and taught at Käina and Kassari before he joined the railway police. From 1927 he was a constable at Orissaare in Saaremaa. On 9 January 1929 he took part in a raid at the Reina settlement in Uuemõisa parish. During the raid the communist Aleksander Ellam wounded him badly. Kaasik fought for his life for more than two months, but he died in a Tallinn hospital on 27 March, aged 55. His body was carried back to Saaremaa and buried in Mustjala churchyard. A newspaper wrote that an unusually large crowd followed him on his last journey. The pin marks Reina village approximately.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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Mustjalast pärit Toomas Kaasik lõpetas Kaarma õpetajate seminari ja oli kooliõpetaja Käinas ja Kassaris, enne kui läks raudteepolitseisse. Alates 1927. aastast oli ta Orissaare politseijaoskonna konstaabel. 9. jaanuaril 1929 osales ta haarangul Uuemõisa vallas Reina asunduses. Haarangu käigus haavas kommunist Aleksander Ellam teda raskelt. Kaasik võitles elu eest üle kahe kuu, kuid suri 27. märtsil Tallinnas haiglas, 55-aastasena. Tema põrm viidi tagasi Saaremaale ja maeti Mustjala kalmistule. Ajaleht kirjutas, et teda saatis viimsel teekonnal haruldaselt suur rahvahulk. Kaardinõel märgib Reina küla ligikaudselt.

Map of the area around A raid at Reina ends in a fatal wound
58.53239° N, 23.08723° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Toomas Kaasik; Meie Maa, 1929. ↗

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