The Shanghai Municipal Police were yesterday investigating a mysterious attack upon a Japanese army launch which occurred at Honan Road Bridge at about 11.20 am. The perpetrator of the attack disappeared afterwards. and all efforts to trace him had met with failure up to last night, The only eyewitness of the attack was a Chinese woman who was walking over the bridge when the attack took place, but when questioned by the police she was unable to give any clue as to who was responsible, From the report given by this woman to the police, it appears that an unidentified person hurled two or three missiles, presumably grenades or bombs, at the launch while it was passing beneath the bridge, The first missile exploded on contact with the water a short distance from the launch, while the second exploded in the air before striking the water, Neither missile seriously hurt the occupants of the launch, which was carrying twelve Japanese soldiers at the time, It was reported that the Japanese opened fired upon the bridge, but this was denied yesterday by the Japanese military spokesman, The launch proceeded on its way, and a report of the incident was' made to the Japanese military authorities. A number of people passing over the bridge at the time heard the explosion of the missiles, but no one could be found who saw the incident except the Chinese woman.
During yesterday afternoon. two representatives of the Japanese military authorities visited the headquarters of the Shanghai Municipal Police to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident, and they left a short time afterwards, having been assured that the police would do all in their power to trace the person responsible for the attack,
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