The Hongkew police yesterday were! seeking to establish the reason behind the mysterious shooting of Wong Dhh-bao, 34, unemployed who was shot on Chapoo Road near Woochang Road by an unknown gunman, "The victim was walking along the road when his assailant stealthily crept upon him from behind and fired two shots at him, both of which took effect. He collapsed while the gun-Krran escaped among the crowd which gathered at the sound of the shooting.
The wounded man was rushed to the Shanghai Sanitarium and Clinic in an ambulance of the Fire Départment and it was learned that his condition is critical; as a bullet which had lodged in his spine could nob be extracted. He was reluctant to make any statement regarding the shooting.
e police who were informed by telephone meade enquiries at the scene of the shooting, but could as-ce#tain little. The crime is said to be devoid of political motive and the victim is believed to be the victim of gang warfare. His age was given as 34, and it was learned that he was shot in the back. yesterday afternoon, being found by the police in a pool of blood on the road. After enquiries by the police it was discovered that the man's name was Li King-neu, aged 25, and that he had served three jail sentences for trafficking in morphine.
It is believed that the murder was one of revenge, and is a settling of accounts between a gang of drug dealers who have quarrelled among themselves. The victim of the fend was killed in a lane off Rue Bourgeat. near Avenue Joffre, his femoral artery being severed by a hatchet blow. He bled copiously from this "wound, and died shortly after the ok. The French Police were in-estimating the crime at a late hour last night.
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