Japanese Sentry Fires on Crowd of Chinese Four Chinese, suffering from bullet wounds, were conveyed to a hospital in the French Concession yesterday morning following a shooting affray in Peh Sing Ching area, outside Sicca wei district, according to a Chinese report, The men were reported to be returning to their homes in Peh Sing Ching district when they found themselves in the midst of a crowd fighting for vegetables carried by farmers. Japanese sentries fired on the crowd, wounding the four men, it was reported.
The incident happened at about 8
&.m. when several farmers were surrounded by a group of refugees who began to seize the vegetables.
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