HONG KONG: Two injured people were hospitalised after a man was arrested on suspicion of a random knife attack at a luxury residential estate in Hong Kong’s Southern District on Monday (Aug 10).
According to local media, the knife-wielding suspect – said to be a 22-year-old resident at the Baguio Villa – wore only sweatpants while leaving his unit at block 47 around 9am.
Outside block 43, the man, bare-chested and barefoot, charged at a male passerby, who narrowly dodged the attack.
The suspect then turned on a security guard and fought until fellow security staff rushed over.
Fleeing the clash, the man stabbed a passing foreign domestic helper in the back. Security guards and passersby intervened to restrain the man before police officers arrived and arrested him.
Both the injured domestic helper and a security guard were taken to the hospital.
Upon a subsequent search of the suspect’s home, police officers found a pet cat with an injured right ear.