Lee Kyi-hying, interpreter with the Japanese gendarmerie, was shot and seriously wounded by unidentified gunmen on Haining Road, near North Honan Road. at 8.10 a.m. The crime was said to have been inspired by politics. as the victim, who is 36 years of age, had been in the Japanese employ for some time. doing secret, investigation work the for gendarmerie.
The victim. shot "twice in the back and arm. was walking to a car. parked outside his home, when two men appeared and fired three shots, two of which took effect. An SFB ambulance was sent to the scene, but the wounded official was taken to the-Fooming Hospital in the private car.
As soon as the firing was heard. Japanese sentries and Settlement police rushed to the scene, but were too late for the terrorists, who had already escaped. The area in the vicinity was searched and suspicious-looking Chinese were stopped and questioned, but no trace of the assailants could be found Another version of the attack revealed that the victim, as soon as he had left his home at 15 King Loh Terrace on Haining Road, was pounced upon by two men, who dragged him toward North Kiangse Road, where they forced him down to his knees and fired three shots.
An armed kidnapper was wounded and arrested by C.P.C. 2104 at 12.15 p.m. yesterday on Hoopeh Road during a shooting affray following an attempt made by two gangsters. to kidnap Mr. Ang Mei-ying, a wealthy ship chandler and contractor residing at 23 Ningpo Road.
The two gangsters, one of whom was believed to be a Japanese, it appears, waited for their victim, for no sooner had he alighted from his car at the corner of Hoopeh and Hankow Roads than they pounced him and attempted to drag him from his vehicle.
The victim raised an alarm, whereupon the armed kidnapper, a Chinese, fred a shot, fortunately missing his mark, The alarm and the shooting attracted the attention of the C.P.C. on duty in the vicinity, and he ran to the scene, ordering the erimina's to surrender.
When his order was disregarded, the policeman shot at one of the fleeting kidnappers, wounded him and arrested, seizing the criminal's pistol and four rounds of ammunition, The other managed to escape.
The wounded gangster was taken to the Police Hospital. The case is being investigated by detectives from Louza police station and it is believed that the arrest of the other kidnapper is imminent,
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