Two of five robbers, who participated in the hold-up in a lane off Markham Road at 440 am yesterday, were wounded and arrest by C.P.C's of the Shanghai Municipal Police after the victim had raised an alarm.
The two bandits were shot by the two C.P.C's when they were attempting to get away after having been ordered by the policemen to halt. Both were taken to the Police Hospital in an S.F.B. emergency embulance.
The complainant was travelling in a rickshaw in lane 687 Markham Road when five robbers, two of them alleged to have been armed, stopped the vehicle and forced their victim to give them his outer clothing and money, the total loss being estimated at about $40 They then attempted to escape.
The rickshaw coolie and the vie-tim raised the alarm and it was heard by two C.P.C's, on duty in the vicinity. The lawkeepers gave chase after the criminals and shouted to them to halt.
When the highwaymen refused -to stop, the policemen opened fire, wounding two of the gang. The three others made their escape.
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