Another Domei Man Pays With His Life Canton, Dec. 1
(Marking~the first fatality among Japanese newspapermen and cameramen covering the South China operations, Mr, Suetaro Hanabusa, 28, newsreel cameraman for the Domei News Agency, was shot and killed on the (West River yesterday afternoon. His body has not been recovered, While proceeding from Samshui to Kowshuitsun, four kilometres to the south-west on the West River, in a Japanese military vessel. yesterday afternoon, Mr. Hanabusa ran into a violent barrage directed at the ship by a band of Chinese trapps entrenched in hills near Hochowkang.
Filming the engagement from unprotected roof of the vessel, he was hit by a bullet in the chest. Dragged by the weight of the portable camera strapped to his wrist, he fell backwards into the river.
Attempts for his rescue were made immediately, but he was not located.
He is the fifth Domei staff member, and the third newsreel cameraman. to be killed since the outbreak of the hostilities—Domei.
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