Woman, 45, arrested after brandishing knife at City University of Hong Kong
Police say ‘agitated’ woman was looking for her husband on campus
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon after brandishing a knife while looking for her husband at City University of Hong Kong in Kowloon Tong.
Police said a security guard reported that the wife of a colleague was seen holding a knife on a campus bridge at around 9.53am on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the force said the 45-year-old woman arrived at the bridge claiming that she could not find her husband.
She left the campus and bought a 21cm-long (8.2 inches) ceramic knife from a supermarket before returning to the university in search of her husband.
A 52-year-old security guard told the woman that her husband was not on campus. The woman pointed the knife at the man, who reported a pain in his chest. He was later sent to the Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po for treatment, according to police.
Other security guards alerted police and officers arrived at the scene. The woman was found to be “emotionally agitated”. She was later arrested for allegedly possessing an offensive weapon.