A teashop off Canton Road was the scene of a stiff fight between a raiding party of the Municipal Police and armed robbers on Monday night, On entering the ground floor of the premises, a suspected nest of armed robbers, five of the inmates at once opened fire on the police. In returning their fire, the police brought down two of their opponents, after which the rest fled. The prisoners, who were armed with a Colt '45 and an automatic pistol, had to be sent to the police hospital, suffering from bullet! wounds. They and their confederates are reported to be ex-soldiers from Chihli.
No police casualties were reported.
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