On the 12th of this month, a three-corpse tragic incident occurred in a tenement building in Tai Po. A 62-year-old man suspected that he was living with his 42-year-old girlfriend and had a new love. He attacked his girlfriend and two 13-year-old and 8-year-old daughters with a sharp weapon. And fled to the back stairs of the tenement building.
There were nearly 50 stab wounds on the body of the three mothers and daughters. All of them were certified dead after being sent to the hospital. The suspects were arrested on suspicion of arson and murder.
The police today (22nd) stated that a 62-year-old man was temporarily charged with three counts of murder and one count of arson. The case will appear in Fanling Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (23rd) morning.
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The incident occurred in the early morning of July 12, a sub-division of the tenement "Meiyun Building" in Tai Po Rural Committee Square suddenly caught fire. Firefighters rescued 2 adult men and women and 2 girls. 3 mothers and daughters had knives on their bodies when they were rescued. Suffering from his injuries and burn marks, he was sent to hospital for emergency treatment, but he died. The man was found semi-comatose on the back stairs. After being sent to the hospital, his condition was once critical but later became serious.
According to the news, the male suspect involved in the case suspected that his girlfriend Hongxing went out of the wall. The two had a dispute in the early morning of the incident. During the incident, the male suspect used a sharp weapon to stabbing his girlfriend. A pair of 8-year-old and 13-year-old daughters were both stabbed to save their mother. , Someone injured and fled to the back stairs of the tenement building after suspected of arson in the unit.
The man was previously charged with one crime of arson, but was unable to appear in court because he was still in the hospital. The case was postponed until July 23.
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