Friday mornings murder at the corner of Avenue Dubail and Route Dollfus, in which an unknown Chin ese was shot by another Chinese, has no political connections the French Police state.
Identified as a blacksmith named Wong. who had been unemployed for about a year, the victim of the shooting had no political connections, it was ascertained after enquiries. - The body was identified by Wong's wife, and on visiting the home of the murdered man, detectives found that the family were living in abject poverty.
The police theory is that the man was shot on account of failing to pay gambling debts or because he ha: fallen foul of some gangsters. The latter theory is borne out by the fact that four spent cartridge cases found on the scene, after being examined by ballistic experts, show that the same pistol was used in the assassination of a Chinese gangster in Zikawei last month.
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