'A foreign passenger in the bus outside which Dr, Herman C. B Liu was assassinated in Bubbling' Well Road yesterday morning, joined in the pursuit of the Chinese gunman and Saw, at close range, the killing of a bystander and the serious wounding of Serge. G. H, Wade, of the S.M. Police Traffic Omce. "Below, the foreign witness tells vividly of what transpired In the fateful minutes which followed Dr, Liu's assassina: tier "At 8.20 a.m. I was on @ No. 1 bus travelling townwards, outside the Vienna Cabaret (opposite Wha Kee Avenue) in Bubbling Well Road. Just as the bus pulled up to the kerb, T heard a shot, and on looking out of the bus, at about four fect. distune, I saw a large man collapse at the entrance of the bus. A medium= sized Chinese, in long gown and wearing a dark felt hat, was bending over him with a large pistol (which T presumed to be a Mauser).
He was going to fre again, but on seeing that the man was apparently mortally wounded, he changed his mind. and started running of a leisurely trot into Gordon Road. He ut across the side road of the Metropole Cabaret, "At the frst sign of shooting 1 was already out of the bus and trailing in the rear and followed the assassin, with the (apparent) murdered man's son (of about 10 years of age) Tunning and shouting, "Just outside the Metropole Cabaret, a couple of foreign policemen came along and joined in the chase. The assassin started shooting and fell flat on my face. Police returned fire and there was, considerable. shooting. In the melee, a bystander, in direct line of fire, eating his morning congee alongside a stall on Aventie Toad, was shot in the temple and was apparently mortally wounded. fis chopsticks Were still in his hand, "A foreign police sergeant was shot squarely" in the ankle (understand both legs were shot and broken) and understand that two other persons were also wounded in the fight. The assassin managed to elude the. police and ducked into a maze of Chinese [houses. fronted. by an empty. space. Some minutes later "an ambulance came along and took the policeman heepital, "At the same time an armed. pasty arrived and started fearehing the houses were the assassin disappeared. The shot policeman he was suffering terribly."
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