Romania Restores Order After 6 Die in Ethnic Unrest
From Times Wire Services
TIRGU MURES, Romania —
Troops backed by tanks kept an uneasy peace Wednesday in the Transylvania town of Tirgu Mures, where tensions between Romanians and ethnic Hungarians led to bloody street battles Tuesday night, leaving at least six people dead and 300 wounded.
Tanks cordoned off all highways into Tirgu Mures, about 250 miles northwest of Bucharest, and tanks as well as about 500 soldiers and police patrolled downtown.
A special commission of inquiry agreed to meet today with representatives of both sides.
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