According to the "Sin Shun Pao," the assassination attempt was made ^|at about 9am, when Colonel Lu's {car was io his ofge in Kiapgwan. Hiding themselves in high grass on both sides of Matsui Boulevard the men, dressed like coolies, suddenly rushed up from ambush as they saw the car coming and opened fire.
Many policemen later arrived at.|the scene of shooting but no arrests were made. It was stated that the gunmen were nervous which fact caused them to escape hurriedly without' achieving their aim because they committed a crime in the Japanese garrisoned area.
Colonel Lu was formerly chief of detectives of the Bureau of Public Safety of the Greater Shanghai City Government under the Kuomintang. He became chief of police under the new regime soon after its inauguration im Pootung when it was then known as the "Ta Tao City Government." Although futile attempts have been made by anti-Japanese terrorists on the lives of the two mayors of the new regime here in bath Pootung and Kiangwan, this is the frst attempt on Colonel Lu's life.
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