The body of the late Special Deputy Commissioner Chikayuki Akagi of the Shanghai Municipal Police, explosions, intended for Japanese, was cremated yesterday, but no date exploded.
With one of them paying for the funeral had been set. This dearly for it with his right arm, will be announced as soon as the while the other lost his right leg, both men were taken to the Japanese military hospital in an S.F.B. ambulance. Their condition was said to be very serious.
The Settlement police were informed of the explosion by Mr. H. W. Davies, Range Warden of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps Rifle Range, who telephoned to the Dixwell Road police station and reported that he had heard explosions, apparently coming from Hongkew Park, one at 8.35 a.m. and the other two minutes later, So far as it could be ascertained, the two men both said to be about old, were taking the time s into the park. About hundred yards inside the park, the two men sat down to rest when one of the missiles went off.
One of the men was reported to have told the Japanese authorities that they had been paid to bring the bombs to Hongkew Park.
Following the explosion in the park, Japanese authorities carried out extensive searches in the Hongkew district, where Chinese pedestrians and vehicles were subjected to examination before being allowed to proceed. This was also applied at the Garden Bridge from 11.25 a.m. resulting in stion of vehicular and pedestrian Searching ceased at about It was reported yesterday that the time bombs at Hongkew were of approximately the same type used at the Towa and Ritz Theatres some time ago when fifteen Japanese were injured.
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