Knife attack: two arrested after pair hurt and robbed of HK$350,000 in violent assault
- Police received report of a fight on Fu Hing Street in Sheung Shui
- Suspects fled in a getaway car, with officers still searching for accomplices
Two men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning that left a man and woman injured, and saw their attackers escape with a backpack containing $300,000 yuan (HK$350,000).
According to police, the two suspects, aged 24 and 29, were detained at two separate locations in Yuen Long.
As of 6pm, the pair were being held for questioning but had not been charged in relation to the theft, which happened around 8am on Fu Shing Street, near Sheung Shui MTR station. Police were still searching for several other suspects.
One female witness said three robbers approached the couple carrying knives, and the incident turned violent when the female victim began shouting for help.
“The man was being held at knife point,” she said.
A police source said the couple, a 50-year-old man and 47-year-old woman, had arrived in the city from Shenzhen via Lok Ma Chau immigration control point earlier on Tuesday, with the cash in their possession.
