Passers-by help to subdue knifeman after attack in Hong Kong mall fast-food outlet, using trolleys, ladder for protection

Man walked into Fairwood restaurant in Sha Tin’s Shui Chuen O Plaza wielding a 30cm kitchen knife

Five people, including the suspect, were hurt, with restaurant cashier sustaining cuts to her arm and nose

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The suspect was subdued after a fierce struggle with people in the shopping centre. Photo: Handout

Published: 1:04am, 23 May 2024Updated: 10:58am, 23 May 2024

Passers-by and staff using trolleys and a ladder helped to subdue a knifeman who wounded a cashier at a fast-food outlet in a Hong Kong shopping centre, with five people, including the suspect, hurt after a scuffle.

Police were called in at about 7pm on Wednesday after a man was reported to have walked into a Fairwood restaurant in Sha Tin’s Shui Chuen O Plaza wielding a 30cm kitchen knife.

A video screengrab shows people keeping the suspect back with a ladder and trolleys. Photo: Handout.

A source familiar with the case said the man, a resident of Shui Chuen O Estate, had a record of mental illness.

He targeted a female cashier, 50, who sustained cuts to her left arm and nose.

Alerted by shouts for help, a male restaurant manager, 46, came out from the back and tried to stop the attacker.

A Fairwood worker was targeted by the attacker. Photo: Handout

Several people joined in to help, using at least two trolleys as a shield while another man picked up a ladder and hit the suspect with it.