Guns blazed furiously from both sides of Avenue Edward VII last evening as French Settlement police opened fire on a terrorist who had hurled a hand grenade into the offices of the "Hwa. Mei Wan Pao," American-owned Chinese daily newspaper. A bullet from a Settlement policeman finally found its mark, and caused the terrorist to collapse dead in the street. This, one of the most dramatic of the many terrorist outrages which have startled Shanghai in recent months, was the third attack on The offices of the "Hwa Mei Wan Pao" within a few weeks.
A Chinese detective constable attached to the S.M-P., was injured in the leg by flying shrapnel, but nevertheless whipped out his pistol and fired point-blank at the terrorist who was running for his life over to the Concession side of the street. Nine Chinese who were walking in the street close to the newspaper office, situated in Avenue Edward VII near Kiangse Road, were also injured by shrapnel Mr. Omar Nielsen, a Dane, manager of Victor's Bar, on the Concession side, was slightly injured in the forehead, a Chinese girl employed at the bar was injured more seriously in the eye, a Russian customer was injured, and a Chinese boy employed as doorkeeper at Frascati's Bar, also the Concession side, was injured by flying glass when a police bullet went through the bar and lodged in the bedroom of the manager in the rear of the building. A watchman on duty inside the "Hwa Mei Wan Pao" offices was also slightly injured.
Reuter reported last night that the all-clear signal was given in Kyushu at 4.25 p.m. yesterday when no planes had appeared after nearly five hours from the first alarm.
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