Members of a gang of armed Chinese opened fire with pistols on an unarmed Chinese watchman early yesterday afternoon in Bubbling Well Road, near Great Western Road, and wounded him seriously. The Watchman was shot once in the abdomen and once in the leg. He was removed to St. Luke's Hospital.
A few minutes before the attack a guard at the Human gambling den in Great Western Road had complained to the watchman about the presence of four or five suspicious-looking men inside the gate. The watchman walked towards the men who strode into Great Western Road. He followed them for a short distance and they turned round and demanded to know what he was doing. Then two of them drew pistols and fired at him. He was brought down by two bullets. His assailants fled, on foot, The police of the Special Municipality conveyed the wounded man to hospital.
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