jot in cold blood by armed robbers, i Chinese woman, neat the time of her delivery, was 1 ed to hospital by a Fire Bri Ambulance at 7 pam, on Febri Although she was placed on the operating at once, fears for her life are entertained by the physicians. Her husband received 4 bullet in the left leg.
Four robbers, of whom two car= vied pistols, entered 103 Changping Road, five minutes, walk from Gordon Read police station, threa~ tening the tenant, a rickshaw foreman, with their pistols, One of them forcibly drew a gold ring from his wife's finger, the husband protesting. As a frightened man Tushed" into an adjoining room, the first robber, thinking he had gone to raise the alarm, fired one shot, hitting him in the leg.
The gang withdrew, as they had entered. One of them tured and fired deliberately, the bullet penetrating the woman's abdomen. She fell unconscious and was rushed to hospital, another ambulance conveying her husband.
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