Thrown from Area Under Japanese Control 'A bomb of the cigarette-tin species was thrown on January" 10. Brenan Piece from territory now under the control of the Japanese fnllitary, The missile, which was hurled. from one of the houses west of Brenan Road, exploded within two yards of the italian. sentry posted the erossing and quite close, also, fo.a Chinese constable of the Shat fai" Municipal Police. Noone was Tnjured and there was no damage 10 property, Tt 4s understood that the Shanghai Municipal Council does not intend.
make a protest to the Japanese. duthorltles over the incident. oan and caused temporary exclte-'The explosion scourred: about, 11
ment. at the crowded intersection. The thrower escaped and presumably had not been arrested last night, Jepanese soldiers arrived quickly on the scene {rom a post some thirty yards distant, They threw a cordon Ana instigated a search of the houses {in Japanese-controlled territory) off Brenan. Piece. Investigations Slso were conducted by the Settle~ nent Police, who patrol the "outside Foods; and the Italian defence force. 'Atter' the lapse of about an hour, calm returned to the neighbourhood, Cigarette Tin Bomb The bomb, whose effective radius was quite small, was held to be similar to the missile which injured two French detectives and two small foreign girls ina garden at 1 Route Ghisi on Jan, 9. Other bombs of the same type were discovered by the Settlement Police in West Hong-Kew on January 4, and rendered Harmless. All these bombs used cigarette tins as containers for weak' explosive charges.
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