Shanghai, Oct. 28.
For the second time in less than two months, terrorists struck at the Chinese Import and export hong in House 16, Lane 51 Kiangse Road, near Canton Road, early yesterday after: noon. The establishment had been bombed on August 29, during the noon hour. Yesterday, a few minutes after 1 pam, three unidentified Chinese entered the hong, where one of them threw a hand-grenade and another fired three pistol shots. The gunfire seriously wounded a Chinese not connected with the establishment, and this man died later in the Lester Hospital. No-one else was injured. The terrorists escaped.
The motive for yesterday's attack had not been definitely ascertained by the police up to a late hour, although it was suspected that alleged dealing in Japanese goods had a bearing on the case. Detectives from the Central Police Station inter togated several witnesses during the afternoon and evening.
On August 29, two assistants were slightly injured when an unidentified Chinese threw two bombs of the Mills type into different rooms at the hong. The manager of establishment told the police at the time that he had received threatening letters regarding dealing in Japanese-manufactured goods. The damage from the bomb, explosions was slight.
In the August attack, also, one of] the two intruders carried a. pistol with which he threatened the oceupants of the house. No shots were fired at that time, however.
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