Sparked by the murder of a German officer in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Romania">Romania</a> the day before, members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Guard" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iron Guard">Iron Guard</a> engaged in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionnaires'_rebellion_and_Bucharest_pogrom" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom">rebellion and pogrom</a> killing 125 Jews.