In the confusion that followed, tables and chairs were upset, and yellow wine spilt from pewter pots mingled with the blood of the victims. The terrified guests made for other rooms or for the stairway and by the time the police arrived more than half had fled. The remainder were closely questioned by detectives but up to a late hour had not given a comprehensible account of how the shooting began. The police found about a dozen empty cartridge cases on the floor of the banqueting hall, These cases, hich differed in calibre, were being examined by Headquarters ballistics experts last night and early this morning.
The second man killed by the as-sasins was one Lu Tzu-ping, a Japanese-speaking Chinese, who was also employed in the western area. Like Yang, he was shot several times, the bullets piercing vital parts and causing instantaneous death. He was said to have been working in the outside roads district as an interpreter between the Japanese military and Chinese working for the "reformed"
Both men were rushed to the Lester Hospital in a Fire Brigade ambulance ifter the shooting had been reported. They were pronounced dead immediately upon arrival.
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