Fiendish robbers turned Jelderly Chinese couple in a village west of Shanghai on June 2 and seriously burned them because they. were disappointed in their quest for loot, The outrage came to the notice of the Seltlement authorities when a Fire Brigade ambulance was summon-fed shortly after 10 am. to convey the victims to hospital from Pearen Road, near Monument Road, The Chinese Police are now searching for the bandits.
The murderous torture was per petrated at Wah Zao village situated some three miles west of Monument Road. The robbers, who are thought to have been armed, tried to get money from the two old. villagers Jduring the night and when they failed they decided to exact satisfaction. by burning their helpless victims, They ea them, threw them on the ground, placed paper about them and ignited the paper.
The couple, when finally rescued by other villagers, had suffered second-gree burns and they are ina very rious condition, (hele friends carried them the three miles to Pearce Road, at Monument Road, A Fire Brigade ambulance conveyed them to the Chinese Red Cross Hospital in Avenue Haig, where pays! cians dressed their extensive wounds, It was reported that. ten bandits participated in the outrage,
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