CHINESE MURDERED
POLICE SUSPECT POLITICAL MOTIVES GANG’S RUTHLESS ACTIONS SHANGHAI. Wed. After 12 years of freedom from political assassinations, Shanghai was astonished this morning to discover what apparently foreshadows a resusitation of the murder campaign. Last night seven armed Chinese entered a house in the French concession and shot dead two Chinese members of the left-wing of the Kuomintang. Two others are expected to die. One householder, a left-winger, owes life to the fact that he was absent. The gang knocked at the door and immediately shot the housebov who opned it, then rushed upstairs and entered a room in which four Chinese were sitting. They opened fire, hitting ail, and left immediately. In the street they encountered a passerby whom they regarded as possibly dangerous as a witness so they shot him and then escaped. The police believe that Nanking interests are responsible for the hiring of professional assassins. The dead men are both prominent in Kuomintang circles. The assassination is causing uneasiness among many prominent Government officials residing in foreign concessions which, hitherto, have been looked upon as sanctuaries.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 903, 21 February 1930, Page 11
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181CHINESE MURDERED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 903, 21 February 1930, Page 11
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