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CONFIDENTIAL
STATISTICS
Reports
Police Headquarters,
Hong Kong.
19th December, 1967.
Communist Bomb Campaign Statistics and Current Trends
4.
From the introduction of the bomb campaign into the Communist confrontation of the Hong Kong Govern- ment in June, 1967 until 16.00 hours on the 19th December, 1967 a total of 8278 suspected bombs has been reported. Of this number, 6866 proved to be non-explosive devices, being either simulated bombs maliciously planted by terrorists or innocent articles wrongly suspected to be bombs and reported in good faith. Of the genuine bombs encountered, 253 exploded after being thrown or before they could be dealt with by explosive experts, whilst the remaining 1159 were detonated or neutralised by the disposal teams. The total number of genuine bombs is now 1412. The foregoing figures do not include 123 bombs seized during police raids.
2.
The comparative weekly figures may be seen from the graph at Annexure I (totals up to week ending 17th December, 1967).
Casualties
3.
A total of 19 persons have been killed and 352 injured as a result of bomb explosions. Of these :
11 killed, and 238 injured, were members of the public;
(a)
(b)
2 killed, and 74 injured, were members of the police force;
(c)
1 killed, and 22 injured, were military personnel;
(a)
1 killed, and 6 injured, were members of other services;
(e)
4 killed, and 12 injured, were bomb terrorists killed or injured as a result of their own actions.
Charges and Detention
4.
The total number of persons charged with offences relating to true bombs and explosive devices is 98. Most prosecutions are taken under various Emergency Regulations but use is made also of the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance and the Explosive Substances
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