▁after ▁their ▁capit ulation . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁e y ew it ness es , ▁vict ims ▁were ▁picked ▁randomly ▁amongst ▁the ▁men ▁exit ing ▁the ▁factory . ▁They ▁were ▁then ▁taken ▁to ▁the ▁ice ▁of ▁the ▁nearby ▁H urus la ht i ▁Bay ▁and ▁shot . ▁The ▁first ▁to ▁be ▁executed ▁were ▁the ▁V ark aus ▁Red ▁Guard ▁commander ▁Matt i ▁Aut io ▁and ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁Le pp ä vir ta , ▁Le ht on iem i ▁and ▁Sav on lin na ▁gu ards ▁K aar lo ▁L äh teen m ä ki , ▁Adam ▁K ro ger us ▁and ▁Emil ▁Park k inen . ▁In ▁the ▁next ▁couple ▁of ▁hours , ▁up ▁to ▁ 8 0 ▁Red ▁Guard ▁members ▁were ▁shot . ▁ ▁The ▁mass ▁execution ▁was ▁soon ▁called ▁the ▁ ″ H urus la ht i ▁Lot tery ″ ▁as ▁the ▁vict ims ▁seemed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁selected ▁randomly . ▁Some ▁witness es ▁said ▁every ▁t enth ▁man ▁was ▁picked , ▁some ▁claim ing ▁every ▁sevent h . ▁Although , ▁the ▁later ▁studies ▁have ▁shown ▁that ▁the ▁executed ▁were ▁actually ▁not ▁picked ▁randomly ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁mostly ▁Red ▁Guard ▁or ▁trade ▁union ▁activ ists . ▁The ▁White ▁commander ▁C . ▁G . ▁E . ▁M anner heim ▁had ▁learned ▁the ▁manner ▁on ▁his ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁Army . ▁The ▁idea ▁was ▁to ▁suppress ▁the ▁military ▁revol ts ▁by ▁killing ▁the ▁leaders ▁but ▁let ▁the ▁ordin aries ▁live . ▁Now ▁he ▁pres umably ▁used ▁the ▁t actic ▁against