June 19, 'Time bombs played the role of a boomerang at 835 am, yesterday at Hongkew Park where' iwo Chinese terrorists were wounded when the explosions, intended for Jay exploded." With one of them paying @early for it with his right arm, while the other lost his right leg, both men were taken to the Japanese military hospital in an SF\B, ambulance. Their condition was ssid to be very serious.
The Settlement police were informed of the explosion by Mr. H. W. Davies, Range Warden of the Shang-bhat Volunteer Corps Rifle Range, who {telephoned {o the Dixwell Road police station and reported that he had heard two explosions, apparently coming from Hongkew Park, one at 8.35 a.m. fand the other two minutes late So far as it could be ascertained, the two men both said to be about 21 years old, were taking the time bombs into the park, About hundred yards inside the park, the two men sat down to rest when one of the missiles went off, One of the men was reported to have told the Japanese authorities that they had been paid to bring the bombs to Hongkew Park, Following the explosion in the park, Japanese authorities carried out extensive searches in the Hongkew dis trict, where Chinese pedestrians and vehicles were subjected {0 examina tion before being allowed to proceed. This was also applied at the Garden Bridge from 11.25 am, resulting in congestion of vehicular and pedestrian Searching ceased" at about fas reported yesterday that the time bombs at Hongkew were of a} 1d proximately the same type used at and the Towa and Ritz Theatres some time ago when fifteen Japanese were injured,
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