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Toomas Turk, his face laced with 50 stitches, recovers in hospital after a savage attack by a burglar in his east-end home
Toomas Turk, his face laced with 50 stitches, recovers in hospital after a savage attack by a burglar in his east-end home

Toomas Turk, his face laced with 50 stitches, recovers in hospital after a savage attack by a burglar in his east-end home

Date3/4/1986
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0135057F
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