Tt was subsequently established beyond all doubt, that one and the same gang was responsible for both shootings, the exact number of those taking part in the teahouse murder having also been established at eleven.
Of these, according to an eye-witness, three cut through south from Singapore Road, where they were seen by a Japanese constable of the S.MP. who was on duty there at the time and who immediately opened with six shots, none of which hit the mark, however. Meanwhile, Lieuten ant Scandolla, attached to the Royal Italian Marines stationed at the Kunz Dah Cotton Mills nearby, was at tracted by the reports of the shots and dashed into the street. He fired at one of the trio but without result.
Meanwhile, Settlement police ha not entirely discounted the possibil ties of a political motive for the
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