NEW evidence of Japanese troops testing biological weapons on living people during World War II was revealed Tuesday in Anda City in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.

　　The evidence, found at the site of the Anda experiment field of Japan’s infamous Unit 731, contains 11 pottery bacteriological bomb fragments, which are similar to those found at the headquarters of the infamous unit.

　　They were found at the site of prison cells in which subjects were locked for tests, according to Jin Chengmin, a researcher on Japanese germ and gas warfare.

　　He believes this is the first direct evidence of Unit 731’s field germ tests on living subjects in World War II, following documentary evidence and statements from victims and perpetrators.

　　“We caught typhoid, and two died of it after drinking water from this well left by Japanese troops,” said wartime victim Liu Zhi, pointing to a well on the site.

　　Unit 731 set up several testing fields around Anda, Taolaizhao and Pingfang during World War II. The Anda station was built in 1941 and frequently used.

　　The site was located by Chinese experts and Japanese archeologists, who have been investigating the area since March this year. They also found specific locations of barracks, underground tunnels, prison cells, dissecting rooms, three wells and a temporary airport.

　　Unit 731 carried out bacteriological tests on living people and livestock, according to laborers and members of Japan’s Unit 731.

　　A Japanese who attended the tests confessed to Jin Chengmin, “We used live people in the tests, forcing them to wear Japanese army uniforms. A test usually needed about 16 to 20 people. I took part in such tests seven times. About 20 minutes after a warning whistle, planes dropped germ bombs in an area circled by 18 to 20 people. We were about 150 to 300 meters away from the subjects, near enough to observe the situation.” (SD-Agencies)