Hong Kong schoolboys arrested for woman’s Mong Kok mugging, while young accomplices still on the run
- The two 13-year-olds and their friends allegedly took the woman’s watch and handbag, leaving her with injuries to her head, arms and legs
- Police said they are searching for three other teenagers – two boys and a girl
Two 13-year-old schoolboys have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman and stealing her watch and handbag, Hong Kong police said on Tuesday.
Officers are scouring the city for another three teenagers – two boys and one girl – in connection with the mugging that happened in Mong Kok’s Tai Kok Tsui area shortly after 11.30pm on Monday.
The victim – a 51-year-old woman – was walking home alone when she was attacked at the junction of Man On Street and Wai On Street.
“The victim fell to the floor when the youth gang tried to snatch her handbag from behind,” a police source said. “They then punched and kicked her before fleeing with her handbag and watch. They flagged down a taxi to escape.”
Officers in a police patrol car found the injured woman and immediately gave chase.
About 800 metres from the crime scene, police stopped the taxi at the junction of Nam Cheong Street and Yu Chau Street in Sham Shui Po.