NOTHER ghastly murder was committed early yesterday morning when an unidentified Chinese shot and mortally wounded Sub-Inspector P. M. Yankovsky of the French Municipal Police at the doorstep to his house at 27 Route Delastre at about 7.50 a.m, This murder marks the death of a second Russian member of the French Police within a week. Last Tuesday, Russian auxiliary detective E. Ivaaoff met death when a hand grenade exploded.
As far as it could be ascertained yesterday, a Chinese rode up on a bicycle to the victim's house and rang the bell.
Yankovsky, who was living alone in the house since his wife and two children are on holiday in Korea, answered the bell himself. As soon as he opened the door, the Chinese assassin opened fire and the bullet went through the screen door and lodged in the Russian detective's throat. The wound was so serious that he fainted and fell on the floor.
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