Blood spilled over political differences in Hong Kong, with six hurt as knife-wielding man attacks family after argument
- Four injured by attacker – who is in turn savaged by an angry crowd – after argument over political issues. Another man hurt while protecting suspect
- Tensions flare after hundreds of Hongkongers heed online call to take to the streets on Sunday afternoon in unauthorised citywide protest
Blood was spilled in Hong Kong on Sunday evening in a fight over political differences, leaving six injured – including a district councillor who had part of his ear bitten off.
Four people were injured by a knife-wielding man – who was in turn savaged by an angry crowd – after he was said to have argued over political issues outside a shopping mall in Tai Koo.
Another man who tried to protect the suspected attacker, and was later arrested, was also injured. Two remained in critical condition on Monday morning.
Tear gas was fired later on Sunday night during confrontations involving police, protesters and residents. The Post understands that 35 people were arrested on Sunday, when protests took hold in shopping centres in several parts of the city.
One of the victims of the knife attack, a man, was seen lying in a pool of blood in the Hong Kong Island neighbourhood of Tai Koo. The suspect, a Mandarin speaker, was stopped at the scene by a crowd, who then beat him up.
Another victim, who sustained relatively minor injuries, said she, her sister and her brother-in-law had just left the Cityplaza mall after dinner when an argument broke out with the suspect, who retrieved a knife from his bag. He had argued with her sister and her sister’s husband, who was attacked.