A street robbery occurred in Tai Po. At about 11:00 am today (13th), passers-by at the Tai Po Old Market Playground witnessed a man with a knife pushing a woman down and attacking her with a knife while trying to take her handbag , so immediately reported to the police for help.
The police arrived at the scene after receiving the report. The 67-year-old woman who was attacked suffered injuries to her hands and back. She was conscious and sent to the hospital for treatment.
The knife-wielding man committed suicide and then abandoned the knife in the ditch.
The police subsequently arrested a man suspected of "robbery", and he was also sent to the hospital for treatment.
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There were bloodstains in the Tai Po Old Market Playground. The police sealed off the scene to investigate and collect evidence, and followed the bloodstain investigation. A large amount of bloodstains were found in the parking lot of Haibao Garden about 100 meters away from the incident location.
According to the news at the scene, after the incident, the arrested man used a knife to mutilate himself and his left hand, which bled and left bloodstains.
The police also searched for the knives involved in the case in the grass at the scene, and found blood stains around a ditch in the playground. It is believed that the suspect self-harmed and then turned back to a ditch in the Tai Po Old Market Playground to discard the knife.
The police also searched for the knives involved in the case in the grass at the scene, and found blood stains around a ditch in the playground. It is believed that the suspect self-harmed and then turned back to a ditch in the Tai Po Old Market Playground to discard the knife.
(Weng Yuhui Han)