Hong Kong protests: armed gang launches vicious attack on group outside Yuen Long MTR station
- Four of the victims were inspecting a ‘Lennon Wall’ next to the station when they were assaulted, with two passers-by also attacked
- Police hunting for 10 masked men who had retractable batons and shouted ‘cockroach’ during incident
Police are searching for a group of masked men who attacked six people outside a Hong Kong railway station on Thursday night.
The attack happened at Yuen Long MTR station around 11pm when four of the victims were checking posters on a “Lennon Wall” in Long Yat Road, according to Yuen Long district councillor Ng Kin-wai.
He said the other two victims were passers-by who tried to stop the attack. Ng, who knows some of the victims, said he rushed to the scene after learning about the incident.
The victims claimed two of the attackers were armed with retractable batons, and some shouted “cockroach” while assaulting the victims, Ng said. Cockroach is an insult that has been aimed at anti-government protesters during the civil unrest.
An online video showed one woman being repeatedly punched after she fell to the floor in the attack.