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Hong Kong police arrest one in connection with armed attack outside pub in Wan Chai

  • Video footage shows six people attacked a man outside a pub in Wan Chai with machetes and rods on Sunday
  • They fled on foot after a witness stopped them from getting into a car by smashing its front windscreen

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Police cordon off the car that the attackers left behind in Wan Chai on Sunday. Photo: David Wong

Police on Sunday arrested a man in relation to an armed attack that wounded five people in Hong Kong’s entertainment district Wan Chai.

The violence broke out close to a pub near the junction of Luard Road and Lockhart Road at noon on Sunday.

A machete was seen lying on a road kerb after the attack. Photo: David Wong
A machete was seen lying on a road kerb after the attack. Photo: David Wong

Personal information of the suspect and the wounded have not yet been disclosed.

In video footage obtained by the Post, a group of about six people was seen attacking a man with machetes and rods outside a pub.

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