The two major shooting affrays occurred at such close intervals that police are still studying the reports to ascertain, which occurred first and whether the same gang is responsible for both.
'What was presumably the firs' shooting of the day, occurred shortly before 9.30 am. when an undetermined number of gunmen rushed up to a tea-house at 273 Singapore Road and fired point blank at Li Ching-hai, killed him outright. The child who was injured in the shooting, was standing nearby and presumably in the line of fire. The gang. composed, it was believed, of anywhere between five and twelve men, then departed in a southerly direction and is believed to have taken refuge in one of the many alleyways between Singapore and Robison Roads, presumably in an attempt to make good their escape into Jessfield Road.
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