True crime · 05.12.1924
The last stand of the coup leaders at Iru
Riigipöördekatse juhtide lõpp Irus
By ten in the morning of 1 December 1924 the coup attempt in Tallinn had collapsed, but the hunt for its organisers went on for days. Three of them, among them Arnold Sommerling, a former leader of the communist youth who had been swapped to Soviet Russia and had secretly come back, hid in the village of Iru east of the city. Police tracked them down, and on 5 December all three were killed in an exchange of fire. Two days later three more hiding men died the same way in a house on Vilmsi street in Kadriorg.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1. detsembri 1924 hommikul kella kümneks oli riigipöördekatse Tallinnas maha surutud, kuid selle korraldajate jälitamine kestis veel päevi. Kolm neist, nende seas endine noorproletaarlaste juht Arnold Sommerling, kes oli vahetatud Nõukogude Venemaale ja salaja tagasi tulnud, varjas end linnast ida pool Iru külas. Politsei leidis nad üles ja 5. detsembril said kõik kolm tulevahetuses surma. Kaks päeva hiljem hukkus samamoodi kolm varjajat Kadriorus Vilmsi tänava majas.