Policewoman under investigation after machine gun goes off in Hong Kong police station

A policewoman was under investigation today after her machine gun went off while she was unloading it at Mong Kok police station.

A bullet from the Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun slammed into the wall after discharging in the station's loading bay on Prince Edward Road at 3pm yesteray.

"One shot was fired damaging a wooden partition," a senior police officer told the SCMP.

"The policewoman was unhurt."

He said an internal probe had ben launched to investigate whether the officer, attached to the Kowloon West emergency unit, had been following proper guidelines over the use of firearms when the gun went off.

"Disciplinary action will be taken if results of the investigation indicate the incident involved human negligence," he said.