Hong Kong woman fighting for her life, after being attacked by husband who later jumped to his death, marking third such case in 3 days
- Officers called to flat in Sau Mau Ping at around 1.22am in response to report of dispute, finding body of man on first-floor podium of building
- Police treating case as an attempted murder-suicide after finding wife was attacked, marking third such incident in three days
A Hong Kong woman was fighting for her life on Friday night after she was attacked by her husband in their public housing flat and he then jumped to his death, marking the third such case in as many days.
Officers were called to the flat in Tat Chui House at Po Tat Estate in Sau Mau Ping at around 1.22am in response to a report of a dispute and noise from a fight.
Upon arrival, police found the body of the 56-year-old man on the first-floor podium of the building.
Hong Kong police investigate link between murder-suicide case and noise dispute
“Officers later found the man’s injured wife inside the flat. She was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment,” the force said.
The woman, 42, was in critical condition as of Friday night.
“Initial investigation revealed that the man had a dispute with his 42-year-old wife earlier, and the man assaulted the woman with sharp objects. The man later jumped from a unit,” police said.
The force has classified the case as an attempted murder-suicide. Police appealed to witnesses or anyone with information to contact officers on 3661 6237.
The incident was the third involving suspected suicides following attacks in three days.
On Wednesday, two similar cases were discovered in the span of four hours, with one man believed to have killed his niece over a property dispute, and another taking the life of his neighbour during a botched burglary.
Hong Kong police say death of woman, 85, found outside flat ‘murder-suicide’
In the first case, the man, 61, was alleged to have killed his 49-year-old niece in a 16th-floor flat at Tai Wo Estate in Tai Po before throwing himself off the building at around 9.45am.
Inside the home, officers found a kitchen knife and a pair of bloodstained scissors believed to be used as weapons.
The second case involved the discovery of the body of a 77-year-old man in a nylon bag in a subdivided flat at an industrial building in Kwai Chung at about 1pm on the same day. Half an hour later, his neighbour – a 26-year-old man – jumped off a public housing block at nearby Tai Wo Hau Estate.
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Police believed the younger man had broken into the elderly neighbour’s flat but was caught red-handed during the burglary attempt. He was thought to have strangled the older man with his bare hands, according to the force.
Two weeks ago, a long-standing noise dispute was believed to have led to a murder-suicide involving an 85-year-old woman killed with an axe at a public housing block in Tsz Wan Shan. Her 66-year-old neighbour hanged himself in his flat after allegedly attacking her.
