Third acid attack on busy Hong Kong shopping
street
Posted: 09 June 2009 1336 hrs
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Shoppers walk in the busy district of Mongkok in Hong
Kong.
HONG KONG : Hong Kong police were Tuesday scouring CCTV
footage for clues as to who tossed a bottle of acid from a building
onto one of the city's busiest shopping streets, the third such
attack in six months.
The attack in the Mongkok district of the city on Monday evening
injured 24 people, including a four-year-old girl, who all suffered
from burns to their limbs and faces.
"We are still investigating the incident and do not rule out the
possibility that the same person or people were behind the three
attacks," a police spokesman told AFP.
In December, 46 people were injured when two bottles of corrosive
liquid were tossed down from a building onto the street. Another
similar attack occurred near the same spot in May, injuring 30
pedestrians.
No one has so far been arrested over the attacks.
The latest incident came just hours after a new surveillance system
was installed in the district, one of the most densely-populated
parts of the world. The system was brought in as a result of the
previous attacks.
The police are offering a reward of 900,000 Hong Kong dollars
(115,000 US) for information leading to the arrest of those
involved.
Hong Kong's chief executive Donald Tsang on Tuesday condemned the
attacks.
"This was a cold-blooded and evil act. These people are the dregs
of society," Tsang said.
I hope they catch the bastard and put him/her away for a
long long time.
