Elderly Hong Kong woman arrested after tragedy in hotel room
Police called in after discovery at Ramada Grand hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong police have arrested an elderly woman on suspicion of murder after she and her husband were found unconscious in a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel room, with the man sustaining a stab wound to the neck and later dying.
Cleaners at the Ramada Grand hotel on Austin Avenue discovered the woman, 73, and the man, 77, lying on the bed in their room at about 4.50pm on Thursday, police said.
Emergency services rushed them to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, but the man was pronounced dead at 5.19pm.
The woman was being treated in an intensive care unit and was listed as stable.
Officers found knife wounds on the man’s neck and forearms. He had a stab wound about 2cm (0.8 inches) long on the right side of his neck, which was believed to be the fatal injury.
Police said the woman, who had no visible wounds, was holding a 23cm bloodstained fruit knife. A 20cm table knife and sleeping pills were also found in the room.
Officers believed the pair had taken dozens of the tablets. Two suicide notes, one written by each of them, were also discovered.