Suspect arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of killing neighbour, 79, during fight in health centre toilet

Police rush to Kwun Tong Community Health Centre after caller alerts them to fight and says one of two women involved had a knife

Woman found unconscious at scene dies later in hospital after sustaining multiple knife wounds on her head and neck

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The incident at Kwun Tong Community Health Centre occurred just before 3pm. Photo: SCMP

Published: 5:07pm, 30 Aug 2023Updated: 2:34am, 31 Aug 2023

Hong Kong police have arrested a middle-aged woman on suspicion of killing her elderly neighbour after a fight broke out in a health centre toilet.

The incident at Kwun Tong Community Health Centre on Hip Wo Street occurred just before 3pm on Wednesday.

Assistant Kwun Tong district commander Tong Kam-wai said an investigation suggested the two women, aged 51 and 79, knew each other and the suspect had taken the older one to the general outpatient clinic to see a doctor.

The women lived alone in two separate flats on the same floor of a nearby residential block on Wan Hon Street and an initial investigation indicated the pair had a good relationship, according to a source familiar with the case.

Assistant district commander Tong Kam-wai (centre) says investigators have not ruled out that the killing was pre-planned. Photo: SCMP

Officers rushed to the scene after a health centre employee alerted police, saying a fight had broken out in the toilet and that one of the two women involved had a knife.

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