SHOT BY GUNMEN
CHINESE MINISTER MURDERED. VOLLEYS FROM A MOTOR-CAR. POLITICAL MOTIVE SUSPECTED. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 12.15 pun.) SHANGHAI, December 25. Gunmen, trailing him in a motorcar, whence they fired a volley or shots, assassinated Tang Yu Jen (ViceMinister of Communications) as he Was entering his home in the- French Concession. Tang died in the hospital, with eight bullets in his body. . The murderers escaped by speeding up the car. The crime, which is attributed to students dissatisfied with the Government’s attitude toward Japanese aggression, recalls the attempted assassination of Wang Ching Wei (Premier of the previous Ministry) on November 1.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 63, 26 December 1935, Page 5
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