Manhunt launched for three culprits involved in Hong Kong gambling den knife attack
- Incident on Lockhart Road in Wan Chai at daybreak on Friday left four men injured
- In another knife attack in Tsim Sha Tsui, a taxi was damaged and its driver and passenger were assaulted
A citywide police manhunt for three perpetrators of a knife attack is under way after four men were injured in an illegal gambling den in Hong Kong at daybreak on Friday.
The attack spilled over from the Lockhart Road venue onto the streets of Wan Chai shortly before 6am as the four victims ran for help.
The victims, aged 35 to 51, claimed they were playing arcade machines running fishing games at the gambling establishment in Yick Shing Mansion when three knife-wielding attackers barged into the flat, according to a police source.
Two of the injured ran 400 metres to Tai Yau Plaza on Fleming Road, while the other two escaped to Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building, an officer said.
The attackers, who wore surgical masks and were thought to be about 1.7 metres tall, fled before officers arrived. Police scouted the area, but no arrests were made.
Officers went to the gambling den, but no one answered the door.