A party of Police arriving on the scene of an armed robbery were fired at by the armed criminals. In the ensuing affray three of the robbers were wounded, whilst two injuries when two hand grenades were thrown on Hankow Road by some person or persons unknown at a party of Japanese soldiers on a sight-seeing tour. No arrests, were made.
On January 16 a male Chinese threw a hand grenade of the "potato masher" type into the office of the wa Mei Wan Pao," a foreign-registered Chinese-language newspaper. The missile exploded, caus ing minor injuries to three inmates and destroying a front window.
On January 24, an unknown male Chinese threw a hand grenade of the "potato masher" type into the office of the "Chinese newspaper "Zoo Wei Wan "Pao," 222 Shantung Road. The grenade exploded, causing minor injuries to three of the inmates On January 28 a bomb of the cigarette-tin type, which had been left by some unknown person exploded in a corridor outside Room 212, Hardoon Building, which accommodates the Shanghai Newspaper (Censorship Office (Japanese). Slight damage was caused to sur rounding walls and fittings; no persons were injured.
On January 29, a hi grenade of the "potato masher type was thrown through the window of the Chinese newspaper, Sin Wen Pao." Fragments of the grenade on exploding penetrated an empty room: no persons injured.
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