Boy, 16, arrested over string of indecent assaults in Hong Kong
Police say three lone women were attacked in separate cases in Yau Ma Tei
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of indecently assaulting three women in Yau Ma Tei within 24 hours last month.
The Hong Kong identity card holder of Pakistani origin was picked up by officers in an ambush in a park on Saigon Street in the same district at about 7pm on Tuesday.
Police said the three cases happened in the early hours of February 19 and 20. They identified the suspect, who lived in the area, after poring over security camera footage.
In the first case at about 1.45am on February 19, a 27-year-old woman was assaulted by a man in a corridor inside a building on Man Ying Street. The suspect fled the scene shortly afterwards.
About 50 minutes later, a 25-year-old woman was molested by the same man at the junction of Temple Street and Bowring Street.
At about 1.35am on February 20, a 22-year-old woman was indecently assaulted by a man near King George V Memorial Park.
Investigators were searching for a man aged between 20 and 25 with a beard and short black hair. The man of medium build was about 1.7 metres tall and was wearing a grey hoodie and light-coloured trousers.