Hong Kong police launch manhunt after 4 attacked with knives outside pub
- Police hunt group of 10 after four men slashed in knife attack outside pub in New Territories
- Two brothers among injured in attack; both in hospital and two others suffer slight wounds
Hong Kong police are searching for more than 10 attackers after four men, including two brothers, were slashed with knives after an argument in a pub in the New Territories in the early hours of Monday erupted into violence.
The brothers, aged 31 and 37, suffered multiple cuts to their heads and limbs in the attack, which happened outside the pub in Yuccie Square on Yuen Long On Ning Road at about 12.30am.
Police said the older of the two fell into a coma after the attack and his brother was in a semi-conscious state while being put into an ambulance. They are being treated at Tuen Mun Hospital.
A spokeswoman for the Hospital Authority said the elder sibling was undergoing surgery as of 5.15pm, while his brother was in a stable condition.
Man slashed in knife attack, Hong Kong police search for suspects
Their two friends, aged 27 and 41, were slightly injured in the head and hand respectively and they were taken to Pok Oi Hospital for treatment. Police said the two were arrested on suspicion of fighting in a public place.
A spokesman for the force said the attack happened after the four men became involved in an argument with others in the pub.
A 30m trail of blood was found along the pavement, which was sealed off by police as they investigated the incident.
A pair of bloodstained sports shoes were also seen beside a pool of blood in the cordoned-off area.
Detectives from the Yuen Long anti-triad squad are leading the investigation.
In a separate incident, a citywide manhunt is under way for the alleged ringleader behind the false imprisonment of a 17-year-old schoolboy who was rescued by police on Sunday.
Four suspected triad members were also arrested by officers during the operation.
The teenager, a Form Five pupil, was abducted in Mong Kok on Saturday in a dispute over an alleged HK$100,000 (US$12,738) debt.
His mother got a call from one of his captors on Saturday night, who told her to deliver the cash at Tai Po Market MTR station in the early hours of Sunday to secure the boy’s release.
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But police were alerted and arrested two men, aged 17 and 18, when they met the mother and an undercover officer outside the railway station at about 4am on Sunday.
Two male suspects, aged 22 and 26, attempted to flee the scene in a BMW car carrying the victim, but officers were able to intercept and arrest the pair after a 10km car chase from Tai Po to Fanling. The boy was found to be unharmed.
The four men, who are suspected Wo Shing Wo triad members, were detained over allegations of false imprisonment and are being questioned by the force.
Police handled 851 reports of triad-related crimes in the first six months of this year, up 5.1 per cent from 810 during the same period in 2021.
