In the worst encounters between police and armed gangs to have occurred in the western district since the taking over of these territories'by the Japanese troops, three men were killed and two other persons injured early yesterday morning. The casualties were:
Liu Chiang-hong, 26, detective No. 165 attached to Chengtu Road police station, killed; Li Ching-hai, alias Li Hung-do, 37, private detective working for the Central Detective Agency, killed; A "Ta Tao" policeman, killed; Ssu Ah-sal, 13, injured; An unidem'ified Chinese woman, aged about 40, bullet wound in the neck.
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