The Archive · 1939

Japanese Sentry Kills Chinese Pedestrian

A, laoanese sentry stationed on the Avenue clu Rol Albert fred one het nantao side awol Or ite

at 630 am. yesterday, killing a Chinese who was walking along the bank of the creek on the Nantao side. A few minutes later, a number of Chinese arrived and picked up the dead man, carrying him away.

Tt was impossible to ascertain the reason for the shooting which was witnessed by Jarge crowds from. the French Concession side of the creek.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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