Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Email this article news.gov.hk
Man arrested for murder
***********************

     Police today (May 27) arrested a 76-year-old man in suspected connection with a murder case reported in Wong Tai Sin this morning in which his 78-year-old wife was killed.

     About 11.20am, Police received a report from a 46-year-old man that his father alleged to have killed his mother in a flat in Wang Tau Hom Estate.
  
     Police officers sped to the scene and found the 78-year-old woman lying unconsciously on the bed. The woman sustained multiple wounds on her head and was suspected to have been hit with hard object. She was certified dead at scene.

     Police arrested her 76-year-old husband in the flat for murder. He will be detained overnight for further enquiries.

     A hammer was seized inside the flat.

     Post mortem examinations will be conducted later to ascertain the cause of death of the deceased.

     Active investigations by the District Crime Squad of Wong Tai Sin District are underway.

Ends/Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:18

NNNN

Print this page