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En Clair
HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(D.T.D.)
13 September, 1967
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Attention Glover.
Police on Hong Kong Island last night arrested twenty eight people following an attack on a Police party in which a Police Corporal was hit on the head with an iron bar.
The Police party had been sent to the waterfront in Eater Street near its junction with Connaught Road West in Western district to investigate the goings on of a crowd of about thirty people who had gathered to listen to a broadcast from a boat moored nearby.
When Police arrived they were attacked and the Corporal was injured.
His assailant jumped into harbour. Four shots were fired at the man but it was not known whether he was hit. A Police launch searched the area but no trace of the man was found.
The injured policeman was treated at Queen Mary Hospital.
In addition to the arrests Police also seized a number of iron bars, cargo hooks and bamboo poles.
Shortly after this incident which occurred at half past eight a crowd of about sixty people gathered in Sutherland Street near Connaught Road West but dispersed when police arrived on the scene.
About one and a half hours later two policemen and one bystander were injured when a Tomb exploded at junction of Queen's Road Central and Jervois Street.
One of the policemen was seriously injured and was admitted to Queen Mary Hospital for treatment. Others were treated and discharged.
A second bomb was later found in same area and was detonated by an Army ammunition expert.
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