Hong Kong police seek gang of assailants who attacked pair with bamboo poles in Sham Shui Po
- A video circulating online shows several assailants beating the two victims as they lay in the road, trying to shield themselves from the blows
- Police are now searching for eight to 10 men in connection with the attack
A police manhunt is under way for a gang of attackers who assaulted two men with bamboo poles on a Hong Kong street in the early hours of Wednesday.
A video circulating online shows several assailants beating the two victims with one- to two-metre-long poles as they lay in the road, trying to shield themselves from the blows with their arms.
Officers were called to Yee Kuk Street in Sham Shui Po after receiving a report of fighting from a passer-by at 1.41am.
One of the victims, a 37-year-old man, suffered injuries to his forehead, right forearm and right knee. According to police, the other man, aged 36, was his colleague, and was experiencing pain all over his body after the attack.
The pair were taken to Caritas Medical Centre in the same district for treatment.
Officers combed the area, but no arrests were made.