Police Ambushed In Malaya
(N.Z.P.A.—Reuter Cable). (Received October 29, 9.5 p.m.) SINGAPORE, October 29. Seven Asian policemen, including an Asian Inspector, were killed and six Asian constables w z ere wounded when their truck was ambushed by terrorists outside Taiping about 200 miles north of Kuala Lumpuh. The! bandits called on the police to surrender, but they refused, and a battle started. The only member of the police patrol to escape unscathed was the driver of their truck.
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Grey River Argus, 30 October 1948, Page 5
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