(Video) Shooting in Central district sees three injured

Four people have been arrested after a shooting in Central in the early hours of Friday leaving three injured.

Police said they received a report about the shooting near Tung Yiu Commercial Building on Wyndham Street at around 2.41am.

One of the victims was run over by a vehicle and sustained a serious injury to his right leg, he remains conscious. Another is undergoing surgery following two gunshots to the back.

A third man, who is unconscious, was also injured. All are being treated at Queen Mary Hospital.

The force said they believed two shots were fired during the incident, though the gun was not found in the area. Officers also uncovered seven machetes at the scene.

The force’s anti-terror unit responded to the incident, suspecting the case to be related to organized crime. It was also said that the clash originated from a dispute between two groups at a nearby bar.

Friday daytime, a section of the road near the popular Lan Kwai Fong area was cordoned off by armed officers, as they searched a Lexus with its side and front crumpled in for evidence. 

A dashcam has caught the whole act on tape.

The video shows a line of vehicles stopping at a traffic junction, when four assailants holding machete-like knives spring out of a car that appears to be the Lexus left at the scene.

They begin to attack an adjacent white car that had stopped by the traffic light. 

As the men begin the assault, a black van positioned behind the white car rams into the attackers' car, hitting at least two of the assailants before speeding away from the scene. 

Several other knife-wielding men run into frame, but after pressing on with the attack for a few seconds, most of the perpetrators abruptly turn around and flee the scene.

It is understood that one of the men targeted in the attack had pulled out a handgun and opened fire.

A police spokesman said there were a total of eight knife-wielding men who arrived in two vehicles.

Violent crime is very rare in Hong Kong, though organized crime gangs are known to operate in the city.
 

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