Three of the six terrorist suspects who were arrested by the police on Saturday night when gunmen attacked two Chinese newspaper offices in Avenue Edward VII were brought before the First Special District Court yesterday morning on a writ of detention. No statements were made by either the suspects or the police who preferred to ask the judge to postpone the hearing for two weeks in order to provide ample tie for investigation. The other three suspects were lying in the police hospital.
The three men who appeared in court are Shen Vu-fee, Woo Yih-wei and Ting Yung-sung and the names of the three others in hospital were given as Chu Pei-ling, Chang Ju-chung and Tai Tsi-hsing. The court was not told yesterday as to how long it would take for the trio to recover from the wounds they received during the gun battle But it was expected by police circles that they would recover to stand trial One of the trio who appeared in court was seen suffering from a slight flesh wound in the head.
The court was told that altogether three persons including an American were killed during the shooting and 20 wounded. Among the 20 wounded persons, three are police detectives and 14 are either pedestrians or bystanders or persons connected with the Chinese newspapers attacked
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