Triad teen’s mistaken identity sees him slashed amidst a night of knife attacks

Three knife attacks occurred across Hong Kong throughout the night, including one that saw a 16-year-old teenager with a triad background slashed in Tsim Sha Tsui suspectedly because he was mistaken by the assailants as a rival gang member. 

The attack took place on Hillwood Road around 2 am on Wednesday as the teenager, allegedly a member of triad group 14K, left a bar alone where five assailants including two wielding long knives suddenly ambushed him. 

According to live sources, one of the assailants found that the teen was not a rival gang member and yelled: “Hey! He is one of us!” The assailants soon got into their getaway car and fled towards Nathan Road. 

The teen sustained injuries to his right hand and feet and a friend of his helped file a police report. He was subsequently sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. 

The case was listed as wounding and was passed to Yau Tsim district crime investigation team. 

Separately, a 25-year-old man surnamed Lau was knifed by four attackers on San Wan Road in Sheung Shui around 5 am. 

Lau sustained injuries to his back and the back of his head and was sent to North District Hospital before being transferred to the Prince of Wales Hospital. 

The third one also took place in Sheung Shui as a 23-year-old man, Mak, was beaten up and knifed by about 10 assailants opposite Ching Yu House, Ching Ho Estate around 11 pm on Tuesday. 

Mak sustained injuries to his head and limbs and was sent to North District Hospital. 

Police have not yet made any arrests for these three cases so far. 

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