CHINESE PIRATES
TERRIBLE CRIME ON SHIP MURDER AND VIOLENCE. ' SHANGHAI, January 14. Piracy, murder, and violence, culminating in the death of three Chinese passengers and the wounding of a score of others, marked the voyage of the steamer Paofoong, which left Shanghai on Wednesday night. The ship returned the next afternoon with a terrible story of crime committed when the vessel was within two hours’ steaming of Shanghai. The ship was carrying 400 Chinese passengers, including 50 pirates, whose presence was, unknown until they rushed the bridge and the engine room, taking command at the pistol point. All the passengers were robbed of their clothing and valuables in a violent manner, during which three were shot dead and a score of others were slashed viciously with knives. The passengers were herded below decks while the pirates forced the officers to steer the vessel to a lonely island where junks removed the loot.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21544, 16 January 1932, Page 11
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