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An eight year old girl and her two year old brother were ripped apart and killed by bomb in Ching Wah Street, North Point on Hong Kong Island yesterday afternoon. The bomb which was of considerable power, judging by the way the children were mangled by the blast, was one of four reported in the Bay View Division during the day.
Commenting on the incident the Divisional Superintendent of Police, Bay View, Mr. Harris said that this was the one most sense- less and disgusting crime in his fifteen years as a policeman.
He appealed to parents to impress upon their children the need to leave any suspicious object alone. He added that any information
on explosives should be passed to the police without delay.
Government spokesman commenting on the incident described it as the most cowardly murder committed by people who could now be regarded as nothing but criminals of the lowest sort.
In a separate incident earlier in the afternoon, two men and a boy were injured by an explosion in King's Road, North Point.
Apart from the four bombs found in the Bay View area, four more were found in various parts on Hong Kong Island and two in Kowloon during the day.
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