Just as a banquet was getting under way at the Chen Sin Teh Pharmacy, atthe corner of Connaught and Gordon "Roads at 8 pam. on December 25, a number of gunmen, dressed in" foreign-style clothes, walled in" and drawing automatic pistols, fired some 20 shots with the Fesult that Li Chien-fu, 49. year-old manager of the pharmacy and one of his apprentices were killed, while a auest was injured, The gunmen did not appear to have 4 definite victim in mind when they started shooting and when pandemonjum broke out following the attack, they had no dimeulty in making good their escape through the main door.
'While the reasons for the crime were not known, it was believed that there may have' been a political motive and detectives attached—to Gordon Road police station are at present investigating the case though ho details on the affair have been made available.
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