YF - A YOUTH WAS SHOT DEAD AND ANOTHER WOUNDED BY POLICE WHO OPENED FIRE IN A RUNNING BATTLE WITH ABOUT 20 THUGS ALONG NICOLL HIGHWAY HERE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE BATTLE STARTED AT 12.10 AM WHEN AN INSPECTOR AND FOUR POLICEMEN FROM THE RESERVE UNIT'S PHANTOM FORCE ON DECOY DUTY WERE ATTACKED BY THE GROUP OF THUGS. A SPECIAL BRANCH OFFICER WAS DRIVING ALONG NICOLL HIGHWAY SAW FOUR YOUTHS RUNNING TOWARDS THE SEA-WALL GAVE CHASE AND ARRESTED ONE OF THEM. THE GANGSTERS WERE REPORTED TO BE LOITERING AND ANNOYING WOMEN IN THE AREA.
22/07/1959
PCD0209 - 084
T2002,24566
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