World IN BRIEF : LITHUANIA : Soviet Soldiers Take Over School
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Soviet soldiers seized a driving school in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, and President Vytautas Landsbergis expressed fears that the takeover could mark new Kremlin retaliation against his republic, which declared independence last year. He said a protest will be lodged with the Kremlin. The Soviet army plans to use the school for training recruits. Algimantas Norvilas, a member of the Supreme Council legislature and supervisor of the school, protested the takeover “but was threatened with a gun” and forced to leave, Lithuanian officials said.
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