Hong Kong man with knife arrested after 2 injured in shopping centre attack, just 18 hours after a slashing
- Police called to scene at Kai Tin Shopping Centre in Lam Tin after reports of knife attack on Thursday afternoon
- Incident happened about 18 hours after passers-by and staff intervened when another man wounded female cashier at shopping centre in Sha Tin
A Hong Kong man said to be armed with a knife was arrested on suspicion of injuring two people in an attack at a shopping centre in Kowloon on Thursday.
Emergency personnel raced to Kai Tin Shopping Centre on Kai Tin Road in Lam Tin after police were alerted to the incident by several calls at around 1.21pm.
The two injured men, aged 25 and 48, were workers at a vegetable stall in a market on the ground floor of the shopping centre and they did not know the 19-year-old suspect, according to police.
“Preliminary investigation suggested the assailant attacked the [48-year-old] staff member at the vegetable stall with a glass bottle before running away,” a force spokesman said.
“The injured man and his colleague gave chase, and they intercepted and subdued the suspect with the help of a passer-by on Kai Tin Road.”
A photo posted online appeared to show a paramedic sitting on top of the man, pinning him to the pavement outside the shopping centre.
Police said officers found a box cutter on the suspect.
