Passengers evacuated after ‘rioters’ hurl petrol bombs at Hong Kong MTR station
- Attack took place early on Thursday at Ngau Tau Kok station with escalators firebombed and ticket machines vandalised
- Maxim’s Cakes shop also targeted as rail operator condemns ‘illegal acts’
Police are hunting for six suspects after petrol bombs were thrown at a Hong Kong metro station in the early hours of Thursday, forcing the rail operator to immediately evacuate the area and close the site about 30 minutes early.
The incident came just hours after police arrested a 29-year-old man, and two teenagers, a boy and a girl, in separate incidents involving KMB buses in Kowloon.
The MTR Corporation said black-clad “rioters” hurled petrol bombs at two escalators and a Maxim’s Cakes shop at Ngau Tau Kok MTR station in Kowloon at around 1am. They also vandalised ticket machines and other facilities on the concourse.
“An immediate evacuation and closure were needed at Ngau Tak Kok station,” the MTR Corporation wrote in a statement.
“The MTR Corporation expresses strong anger that its rail station has once again been targeted by the attack and malicious vandalism. It strongly condemns these illegal acts.”
The suspects fled before police arrived, no one was injured, and rail services resumed as normal this morning.