Assassins' bullets took their toll in Yangtzepoo, in the Japanese Defence Sector, at dusk yesterday as Mr, Kunijiro Asahina, 30-year-
gunmen, alleged to be Chinese Japanese, was shot and killed lon Tongshan Road. Death was instantaneous as a bullet penetrated the victim's cheek to emerge from his back, The attack took place near No, 21 Tongshan Road, where the late Mr. Asahina, a middleman in silk cocoons lived, The victim was a native of Osaka, The Japanese Special Naval Landing Party immediately threw cordons around the Tongshan (Road area, while all Chinese passersby entering and leaving Hongkew and Yangtszepoo were searched. Third party nationals were not affected. The Japanese Consular Police and the Shanghai Municipal Police co-operate ed in the investigations into the slaying.
Because of the darkness and the lack of bystanders in the immediate vicinity of the scene of the assault, details of the attack could not be obtained, Three gunmen in Chinese clothes were alleged to have taken part in the shooting, The victim, at the time, was reported to be travelling in a rickshaw.
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