The Archive · 1941

Japanese Private Shot Dead

Another Seriously Wounded in the Chest; One Of the Assailants Caught by Sentries

Shanghai, Feb. 26. JAPANESE private named Shoichi Toda was shot dead and a corporal named Tatsumi Ishii seriously wounded at 1.5 pam, yesterday when they were attacked by two armed Chinese on Tsitsihar Road, only a few yards from Pingliang Road. The shooting was heard by Japanese sentries on duty in the vicinity, who chased the terrorists and succeeded in arresting one front of the Wayside Park. The other escaped.

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