Gunmen Escape Into Chinese Territory After Police Chase A Chinese woman was mortally injured at 10.45 a.m. yesterday as a result of a short gun battle between a party of detectives from Gordon Road police station, and two gunmen, on Chengping Road, near Yao Jan Pang alleyway. None of the detectives were injured, and as the gunmen Gecamped into Chinese territory, it wag impossible to ascertain whether &ny of the six rounds fired by the police had found their mark.
The potice officers were on routine patrol duty along Cheng-ping Road when they noticed two suspicious-looking pedestrians. They ordered them to halt, instead of which the gunmen look to their heels, one of them opening fire from a pistol which he pulled from his pocket.
When the exchange of shots was over, after the suspects had decamped into territory outside the jurisdiction of the SMP, a Chinese woman was seen lying on the ground seriously injured by a ricochet bullet. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where, however, she was certified dead on arrival.
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