Dead in Gun Battle A fifteen-year old Chinese student named Kung Chin-lai was shot dead during a shooting affray between a gang of armed robbers and a police party from Louza station at the corner of Yunnan and Kiukiang Roads shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday. The Victim was taken to ihe Lester Chinese Hospital, suffering from a wound to his abdomen, but died soon after being admitted for treatment.
The shooting affray was preceded by an attempt made by three armed men to rob a Chinese hat snop at 351 Yunnan Road. An alarm was raised by one of the victims and a party from Louza police station ai-ended and ordered the rochers to Several shots were exchanged during the gun battle that followed when the robbers. refused io obey he police order, during whick young Kung received a bullet in his abdomen.
The police eventually ma: arrest two of the robbers, wh: the third escaped. One pistol was seize ed. Taken to Louza police station, the robbers, it is said, confessed to
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