The Archive · 1938

Outlaw Band Loots

Motor Bus

Passengers Robbed Near Shanghai Scores of outlaws, several of them armed with rifles and pistols, held up a Changhstgdound motor truck on the Shangha:-Wusih Highway on Monday and robbed the occupants of all their valuables. Several shots were fired by the outlaws, but there were no casualties, Chinese reports said yesterday.

A company of soldiers of the Fourth District Bandit Suppression Force, who were escorting another motor truck to Shanghai were informed of the hold-up. They immediately gave chase, but the outlaws succeeded in escaping with their loot.

The stolen goods were consigned to shops of Wusih city.

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