Two bomb throwing incidents occurred in Nanking on Monday and as a result one alleged perpetrator of a terroristic act as well as nine suspects were arrested by Japanese gendarmes, local Japanese newspapers said yesterday.
The first incident took price at 9.15 o'clock on Monday morning when two bombs were thrown at the building of the Ministry of the Interior. They exploded but caused no damage.
Three hours later four ruffians broke into the back compound of the Nanking Municipal Administration building and hurled four bombs, two of which exploded, injuring one Chinese policeman and several coolies working in the vicinity.
Japanese gendarmes rushed to the scene and arrested one Chinese on the spot (but three others escaped. Throwing a cordon around the area the gendarmes conducted a house-to-house search and up to Tuesday morning arrested nine suspects.
The terrorist suspects, all Chinese, are being examined by the gendarmes.
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