A Nigerian and a local man were attacked by a middle-aged man with a half bald forehead with a knife, cutting their neck and face respectively.
The source said that neither the two injured nor the attackers knew each other, and the motive for the suspected murder was unknown. It could not be ruled out that it was a random attack.
At about 9 o'clock this morning, the third team of the Sham Shui Po District Crime Squad conducted an investigation in the area of Tai Nan Street, seeking clues to the identity of the suspect.
At 10 o'clock, police officers wearing bulletproof vests and shields entered a tenement building and successfully arrested the suspect. At 12 o'clock at noon, the suspect was taken away, and evidence such as a knife and clothing were seized.
The police entered a tenement building on Tai Nan Street in Sham Shui Po with a shield, and arrested and escorted the male suspect.
(Photo by Weng Yuhui)
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At about 7 pm yesterday (23rd), a 38-year-old Nigerian man and a 52-year-old surnamed Chen local man were attacked by a middle-aged man with a knife at the junction of Da Nan Street and Guilin Street.
Witnessed neighbors said that the suspect first cut the back of the neck of an African-American man with a knife near No. 325 on Danan Street, then attacked another local man at the junction of Danan Street and Guilin Street, and then fled in the direction of Qinzhou Street. .
After a preliminary investigation by the police, the case was classified as "wounding people", and the case was handed over to the Sham Shui Po District Crime Squad for follow-up. No arrests have been made so far.
Police said the suspect was a Chinese man between the ages of 40 and 50, with a height of about 1.65 meters and a medium build. He was wearing a gray jacket, black top, gray trousers and white sneakers at the time of the incident.
According to the CCTV pictures obtained by "Hong Kong 01", when the suspect left the scene, he was holding a suspected knife in his right hand, and the suspect's forehead was half bald.
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