A woman was injured by a syringe on board a bus on Lantau Island on Tuesday, prompting Hong Kong police to launch a criminal investigation.
The 30-year-old passenger was travelling the Long Win Bus service from Hong Kong International Airport to Yat Tung Estate in Tung Chung when she came to harm at about 8.45am.in a deliberate attempt to injure that has echoes of aA police spokesman said the female was injured in the lower left leg and a 10cm syringe was found protruding from the seat in front of her. The bus was near to the Tung Chung Fire Station in Shun Tung Road at the time.
A law enforcement source said the bus had surveillance cameras and officers would check the footage in an effort to trace the person who planted the syringe.Detectives from the Lantau district crime squad are handling the case. So far, no one has been arrested. “Long Win will fully assist the police in investigation and ask its frontline staff to step up checks of buses,” the company spokesman added.
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