Ah '&rmed- robbers was-Milled and passer-by—a rickshaw puller—was wounded. "yesterday morning when two Chinese police watchmen opened fire: oni a: gang: of six men-attempting i&-gee from the'scene ofa robbery in Lane 64, Medhurst Road. cis (pHe-six men-were all armed with pistols "when. they "entered v House: -3 ifthe line' at 915: an. i They. terrofized the óccupants. and. then stárted- to—ransack: othei"rooms- for money' and jewellery: As they. were about-to leave: with: their-plunder, an alarm was raised which attracted the, attention of Police Watehmen.527.and 1829. The watchmen-frod a)number rounds at the"fleeing bandits, and ohe ot^ thë "bullets struck a robber m a vital-spot-dellling him.: A stray shot wounded a rickshaw puller, A \Fire Brigade ambulance—took the later. o..the Chinese Red Cross Hospital With the Killing of the: bandit; a part of the stolen property was Te-covered. Seized "also were the robber's isto, and. another pistol, dropped iy.que pf the, Boeing men. The five bandits escaped and were~being sought by. police from the Chengtu Road Station last night.
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