FTER two and a half months of inactivity, anti-Japanese terrorists went into action yesterday and killed Dr. Hsi Tstaring, secretary of the "Public Safety Bureau" of the Japanese sponsored "Special Municipality of Shanghai", as he was leaving his residence in Lane 139, Lloyd Road, shortly after 9.20 a.m. Two gunmen stood at the entrance of the alleyway, fired a number of shots, three of which injured the victim, and decamped. C.P.C. 730 who was near the scene, took up the chase, ordered the two gunmen to halt and when they refused to do so, he drew his service, pistol, fired two shots and sagged to the ground as one of the terrorists fired once more to wound the policeman slightly in the right shoulder. Notwithstanding his injuries, the C.P.C. arose from the pavement and gave chase, but meanwhile the two gunmen had been successful in disappearing in the crowd.
A pedestrian on the opposite side of Lloyd Road who had come into the line of fire, was injured in the abdomen and is now lying in the
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