The Old Stone and Wuchou Road bridges were again closed to all traffic at,7 p.m. yesterday, as it was reported that searches were continued in the areas surrounding the bridges, Meanwhile, although the report of capture of a terrorist, responsible for, the attempted assassination of a Japanese sentry, could not be confirmed by the police Jate last night, it was learned that Japanese authorities had arrested six men, all believed to have been responsible for the attack on Sailor First Class Watanabe on Monday at 11.35 p.m. They were also believed to have been connected with the wounding of a Japanese sentry on the Chapei side of the Old Stone bridge on April 28.
It was said that following Monday night's shooting on North Soochow Road, Japanese Naval Landing Party executed searches of the area and junks in the Soochow Creek, since it was believed that the shots had been fired from the river, The Japanese sentry sustained a slight wound to his finger.
Although no arrests bad been made immediately after the shooting, Japanese authorities, in ce-operation with U.S. Marine Corps, continued their searches yesterday morning and managed to arrest one Ma Lu-píao, when he attempted to escape from the scene of searches. He was taken to the Gordon Road police station, it was reported, and. was later turned over to the Japanese authorities.
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