What actually occurred, the veports stated, was that Chinese guerillas attacked and made an attempt to re-occupy Kiangwan from Wednesday to Thursday. Soon after their initial attack, however, Japanese reinforcements were despatched to the scene and a number of guerillas, finding themselves isolated from their own men were reported to have taken refuge in the Eastern district, shooting two Japanese soldiers on one of the bridges over Lay Road Creek.
Enquiries at the various police stations, however, revealed that no information had been received in connection with the reported shooting. It is believed that, if the reports are correct, the two soldiers were shot on the bridge which joins Lay and Ward Roads as any shots fired on the other bridges in the vicinity would have been heard by a number of persons living nearby, who were questioned yesterday.
Residents living along Ward Road stated that they had heard an explosion of what appeared to be a bomb. No definite information was forthcoming, however.
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