A 75-year-old resident has been arrested for allegedly killing another elderly man in a fight at a care home in Hong Kong. Police on Sunday said that the suspect and the victim, a 74-year-old man, attacked each other on Friday with their bare hands at a home for the elderly on Ivy Street in Mong Kok. The victim had at one point fallen to the ground, the force said. Hong Kong crowbar murder: alleged killer is ‘boyfriend of neighbour’s daughter’ After receiving a report from the home’s staff at 9.22pm, officers rushed to the scene. The victim, who was conscious and suffered no visible injuries, was taken to Kwong Wah Hospital. But he was later declared dead on Saturday at 10.06am. The 75-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter on the same day and was being detained for questioning. An autopsy would be carried out to determine the cause of death of the 74-year-old man, police said, while the Mong Kok district crime squad was investigating the case. Similar incidents have occurred in recent years at the city’s care homes for the elderly. In 2021, an 85-year-old disabled man died at a care home in Tuen Mun after he was allegedly assaulted with a pair of scissors by a fellow resident. According to police, the 70-year-old suspect had entered the victim’s room twice prior to staff finding the latter covered in blood and unconscious on his bed, with one instance occurring just 15 minutes beforehand. An initial investigation by the force had found no clear motive for the attack. In another incident, a woman at a care home in Kwun Tong allegedly killed an 85-year-old woman in 2019 during a dispute. The victim was kicked to the ground after the pair had shoved and attacked each other with slippers. Murder suspected after elderly man dies following fight at care home At a care home in Sha Tin, a 74-year-old man in 2018 was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter when his neighbour died after a brawl. Police had said the duo were believed to have clashed before over a noise complaint. The city recorded at least two such incidents in 2017, when a 93-year-old man died after fighting with a fellow resident at a care home in Tai Po, while another elderly man at a centre in Yau Ma Tei was attacked as he slept by a neighbour with a knife.