Sir coolies were more or less seriously injured when Japanese sentries on Pingliang Road Bridge attacked them with their bayonets, after, it was understood, they had failed to give satisfactory answers to the sentries' questions The coolies, who are employees of the China Fibre Container Ca., were sent to hospital but only one was detained, the others having received first aid treatment prior to being discharged.
No official information concerning the incident was obtainable up to a late hour last night, but the "North-China Daily News" learned that the coolies who were manning a truck belonging to the company, had passed the bridge earlier in the afternoon, when the chauffeur is alleged to have ignored the sentries' orders to stop for pass inspection.
When they again passed the bridge at 5.20 p.m., they were forced to halt, however, and the coolies were questioned. What subsequently occurred could not be ascertained, although the sentries are said to claim that the coolies did not satisfactorily answer their questions.
Detectives from Yangtszepoo police station are now investigating the case,
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