The explosion rocked the row of wooden structure which stands in between the consulate building and the piece of vacant ground, and in which a group of, Italian soldiers were quartered. The loud detonation was not only heard in the Ascot building and inside the Chengtu Road station,-opposite the consulate, but also some distance from the scene.- At the time of the incident, a Chinese policeman was on trafic duty at the Chengtu Road crossing, on the north side of Bubbling Well Road, while two Italian sentries guarded the Chengtu Road entrance to the consulate. Although a group of pedestrians were passing by, no witness was forthcoming to give a description of the culprit who tossed the bomb, Detective Suh-Inspector Wilkinson of the Chengtu Road Station was among the first to rush to the spot immediately atten the explosion. The investigation was being continued last night,
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