Woman arrested after bodies of mother, brother found in Hong Kong flat
Firefighters enter flat in Hang Moon Building in Cheung Sha Wan and find two bodies; police later take away another woman
Hong Kong police have arrested a woman on suspicion of murder after the bodies of her mother and middle-aged brother were found in a flat in Cheung Sha Wan.
The case came to light at around 3.50pm on Monday when authorities received a call that a man, 47, had been found unconscious in a flat in the Hang Moon Building on Cheung Sha Wan Road.
Firefighters arrived and broke into the flat, where they found the bodies of the man and his mother, 85.
A police source said the mother had injuries on her neck. No visible injuries were detected on the son apart from red marks on his neck. The man, who had Down’s syndrome, was suspected to have died from suffocation, while the mother was stabbed with scissors.
The jobless suspect, 52, was said to have a history of mental illness, according to the source.
The brother was a care-home resident who had not been back there for three weeks. A social worker organised a home visit to the flat on Monday afternoon, the source said. The social worker knocked on the door but got no response before alerting authorities.