Man arrested after ‘air-con dispute’ turns violent
Father, mother and daughter, 10, sustained injuries to hands and forearms following dispute over dripping air conditioner, source says
A 60-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of slashing a family of three with a knife at a Hong Kong residential estate on Friday morning, with the Post learning that the victims and the suspect are neighbours.
Police said they received a report at 7.35am of a family, including a 10-year-old daughter, being attacked by the suspect at a lift lobby of Tai Hing Estate in Tuen Mun.
A source told the Post that the suspect and the family had been involved in a dispute, which could have led to the attack.
“In August last year, the father of the family had a dispute with the arrestee due to an air conditioner water dripping issue from the latter,” the source said.
The force said the suspect had run into the father and his daughter at the lift lobby before attacking them.
“The arrestee took a knife out from a plastic bag to attack the 46-year-old man and the 10-year-old girl,” a force spokesman said.
As the father shouted for help, the 44-year-old mother of the family rushed to the scene to try and stop the knife-wielding man, with her daughter later joining her efforts.