The Archive · 1936

MANY KILLED IN AN) ATTACK ON TOWN

1,000 Bandits Sweep Down on Musung, Manchoukuo Seoul, Aug. 22.

Twenty-six Japanese ' residents, three soldiers, two policemen and one tember ofa vatunier vigilance committee were killed, together with jan unascerlained number of Man-Jebus in an attack by more than 1,000 [Communist bandits on the town of [Musung, Antung province, Manchou-no, on' August 16, a belated message reaching here to-day sild. The death {toll among the Manchu residents was described as "large"

Japanese military aircraft were called out to bombard the bandits who burned two-thirds of the town before decamping, taking a large Jauantity of loot.

The same band of marauders later ticked Sungshu, a" neighbouring village, Killing two Manchoukuo sold= Jers and wounding two others, according to the report—Domel,

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