Man slashed in knife attack in New Territories village, Hong Kong police search for suspects
- Victim, 56, calls police before passing out in outdoor car park
- Wounding cases down 26.5 per cent from same period last year
Hong Kong police are searching for at least two assailants after a 56-year-old vegetable wholesaler was left in critical condition by a knife attack in a New Territories village in the early hours of Monday.
Emergency personnel were called after the merchant was attacked at an outdoor car park in Ma Wat Tsuen off Sui Wan Road in Fanling shortly after 1.30am. The man suffered cut wounds to his torso and limbs.
According to the force, the victim called police and later passed out. He was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin for treatment.
“The motive behind the attack is unknown. After the attack, the two [male] suspects fled in a car,” police said.
Officers mounted a search in the area, but no arrests were made.
A police source said that at the time of the attack, the wholesaler was cycling from his home to his shop in a temporary wholesale market in the area.