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gheNorth-China Daily Hews - April 30. 1932,
Korean BombCQutrage at Hongkew
Park
Seven Leading Japanese Officials Injured
Infernal Machine Thrown Oh Stand At
End Of Birthday Parade
Perpetrator Mobbed By Crowd
Minister, Army and Navy Chiefs and Consul
General Among Victims
A terrible bomb outrage marked the celebrations at Hongkew
Park yesterday of tlie birthday of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor
of Japan/ In the eyes,, of thousands of Japanese who" had witnessed
the parade and review .of 10,000 troops, a young Korean threw a
bomb on the platform where leading Japanese diplo.i7ia.tic officials
and military and naval officers were standing.
There was a loud explosion and when the shock had passed there
were three writhing figures on the floor of the stand, and other
members of the party were staggering.  The injured include Mr. M.
Shlgemitsu, Japanese Minister to China, Gen. Shirakawa, Commander
of the Japanese expeditionary forces, and Admiral Nomura, Commander
of the Japanese Naval Forces. Dr. I,. Kawabata, President of the
Japanese Residents1 Association, was among thee injured, suffering
wounds which are feared to be fatal.
A young man, wearing a grey coat,
be a Korean named Im Fung Kee, 25, a
French Concession, was seized after he had stepped out of the
crowd, had flung one bomb on the platform and had dropped another
one on the ground* Only the intervention of the military police
saved him from being lynched by a crowd which attacked him and
beat him severely*
Minister In For Long Hest
Those injured in the outrage, which has created a. stir all over
the world in view of the recent hostilities in Shanghai, are:
Mr. M# Shigemitsu, Japanese Minister:  Serious injuries to leg.
Gen*  Y. Shirakawa, Commander of the Japanese1 forces: Severe
scratches and injury to jaw.
Lieut.-Gen. K. Uyeda, Commander of tlie 9th. Division': Injuries to
Admiral £. Nomura, Commander of Japanese naval forces: Hit by
fragments and serious injury to left eye.
Japanese Consul-General': Left calf penetrated
President of Japanese, Besidents1^ Association:
wounded over body, face and abdomen.
Secretary of the' Japanese1 Ilesidents1 Association:
to arms, but not serious.
and afterwards discovered
clerk in a laundry in the
to
0
feet.
Mr.
Dr.
Mr,
K. Mural,
Kawabata,
Seriously
Tomono,
Injuries
Mr. Shigemitsu, Mr* Murai and Dr. Kawabata were immediately
conveyed to the Fuming Hospital where it was stated last night that
the injuries to Mr. Shigemitsu would necessitate three or four
months1 treatment*  Three pieces of bomb casing were removed from
his leg and it was stated that he had no fewer than 32 distinct
wounds. Mr. Muraifs conditions is not so serious, but Dr. Kawabata
was reported last night to be in a critical condition, the bomb
having exploded nearest him and Mr* Shigemitsu. *
The others were retreated by the nearest Red Cross unit but it
was stated that Admiral Nomura is likely to lose the sight of his
injured eye* Gen.  Shirakawa was cut severely about the face and
staggered from the stand with blood streaming from his face.