 An Ottoman mob, mainly made up of "bashibazouks" and "softas" (students from the theological seminaries), took over a hotel in the city of Constantinople and bombs and shots and missiles fairly rained upon the heads of the passersby, wounding many persons.The mob surrounding the bank extended to several villages on the Bosporus including Tepe bashi and on the Asiatic coast of the Sea of Marmara.The weapons used by the populace were clubs and knives.