'How to kill Hong Kong police' and what comes next


Police investigate the scene where an off-duty officer was attacked on Friday night at Kwai Fung MTR station. Photo: Handout/SCMP

I find it deeply troubling that someone just tried to murder a police officer in Hong Kong and hardly anyone seems to be bothered much, as we all move on to the next cycle of news about mass protests and anti-government campaigns.

Three masked men ambushed the 45-year-old officer at Kwai Fong MTR station late on Friday night while he was heading home after work. They knifed him repeatedly in a vicious, cowardly attack, inflicting bone-deep wounds, and fled the scene.

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Hong Kong , Politics , Unrest , Protest

   

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