HONG KONG – At least 15 people were injured when an attacker dropped a bottle of acid on a crowd in Hong Kong, news reports said yesterday.
China’s official Xinhua news agency said some of the victims burned in the incident included tourists. It said a bottle of acid was dropped from above on to the crowd in the busy Kowloon area of the city at about 9.30pm.
The injured were rushed to hospital and police cordoned off the area.
There has been a series of acid attacks in Hong Kong since December 2008, injuring more than 100. – (PA)