Two men knifed in Mong Kok on first day of Lunar New Year

Two men were hospitalized after they were knifed by two assailants in Mong Kok in the early morning of the first day of the Year of the Dragon on Saturday. 

The incident occurred around 6.30 am at the intersection between Nathan Road and Dundas Street where the two victims were chased and then knifed. 

One man was slashed across his hands and reported the attack to the police after he successfully fled to Portland Street. Paramedics soon came to treat him and sent him to hospital. 

Another escaped to a building on Tung Choi Street and pedestrians, witnessing the terror, reported the incident to the police. According to live sources, the man was slashed through his left cheek and ear. 

He was treated xand later sent to hospital as well. 

A police investigation is now underway. 

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