North Korean defector ‘grabbed around neck’ in mysterious attack in Hong Kong
Woman dragged through residential block in Tai Po but escapes with only minor injuries
A North Korean defector was injured on Tuesday night in a mysterious attack at a residential block in Hong Kong, prompting a citywide hunt for a female suspect.
The attack took place soon after 10pm when the victim, surnamed Kam, was returning to her flat at the Serenity Park housing estate on Tai Po Tau Drive in the New Territories after a badminton game.
The woman told police she had been attacked from behind after exiting a lift on the seventh floor.
“The victim claimed she was grabbed around the neck and dragged from the seventh-floor lift lobby to the fifth-floor staircase,” a police source said.
The attacker ran downstairs after the victim put up a struggle and shouted for help on the landing of the fifth-floor staircase, alerting a neighbour.
Police went to the scene after they received a report from the neighbour.
Kam suffered minor neck injuries. No property was stolen.