Manhunt launched after petrol bomb attack on Hong Kong school
- Emergency personnel were called to Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School in Tsing Yi shortly before 1am following a report of fire
- Initial investigation shows two black-clad men were acting suspiciously at the scene and they fled after the blaze broke out
A citywide manhunt is under way for two black-clad men, following an early-morning firebomb attack at the entrance of a secondary school in Hong Kong on Friday.
Firefighters and paramedics were called to Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School at Cheung Hong Estate in Tsing Yi shortly before 1am when police received a report of fire from its security guard.
“The guard said he heard what appeared to be the noise of an explosion and then saw flames outside the school’s main entrance,” a police spokesman said.
Firefighters later doused the flames and no evacuation was needed.
Police said no one was injured in the incident, but a part of the school’s wall and a flower bed were blackened in the blaze.
Officers seized an empty glass bottle and several gas canisters at the scene. Police suspect the bottle was used to carry flammable solutions.
