Hong Kong protests: police start probe as author of online article claims responsibility for stabbing off-duty officer at Kwai Fong rail station on August 30
- Author of article, who identifies himself as Victor, claims responsibility for stabbing officer at Kwai Fong MTR station on August 30
- Police launch probe, while some people cast doubts on the claims as the writer’s identity is yet to be established
Police said they were investigating a manifesto circulated online in which the author claimed to have stabbed an off-duty officer at Kwai Fong MTR station on the night of August 30.
The 9,000-word article is written in Chinese by the leader of a self-proclaimed Hong Kong revolutionary group, which advocates the use of force to overthrow the government.
“Ambushing and stabbing off-duty police on the night of August 30 was done by the admin of your group, Victor. We are here to claim the responsibility,” the author, who called himself Victor, wrote.
He claimed to be an administrator of a Telegram group of protesters and a member of another group of anti-government protesters.
“Our group members have been hard-core protesters since 2014,” he wrote, saying the group had been waiting for people to escalate violence in the first two months of the anti-extradition bill protests. He said no one took the lead, “So we decided to do it ourselves in early August.”
