The exact details of what instigated the clash are contested between the Japanese and Chinese sides.[21][22] As the Japanese immediately destroyed the Chinese wireless station after the clash began, they were left in control of the only working line of communication out of Jinan, forcing foreign media reports to rely entirely on the Japanese version of the events.[23][3] According to the official Japanese narrative, as reported by General Fukuda, a group of Chinese soldiers under the command of General He Yaozu [zh], reputed to have been responsible for the Nanjing incident, broke into an office of the Japanese Manshū Nippō newspaper, and assaulted its proprietor at 09:30.[24][25] A group of Japanese soldiers commanded by Captain Kumekawa Yoshiharu patrolling in the area rushed to the scene, and attempted to stop the Chinese soldiers.