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Yuen Long Murder Investigation Underway After Man Stabbed to Death in Early Morning Assault

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Yuen Long Murder Investigation Underway After Man Stabbed to Death in Early Morning Assault
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Yuen Long Murder Investigation Underway After Man Stabbed to Death in Early Morning Assault

2025-01-22 20:06 Last Updated At:20:18

Murder and wounding in Yuen Long

Police are investigating a murder and wounding case happened in Yuen Long today (January 22) in which a man died.

At 5.34am, Police received a report that two men were assaulted by suspects with knifes outside 12 to 18 Wang Yip Street West. The assailants then fled away.

Police officers sped to the scene and located a 24-year-old man. Sustaining multiple injuries, he was rushed to Pok Oi Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 6.38am. Sustaining back injuries, another 28-year-old man was sent to Pok Oi Hospital in conscious state and was later transferred to Tuen Mun Hospital.

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

Active investigation by the Regional Crime Unit of New Territories North is underway.

Anyone who witnessed the case or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 3356.

Follow-up on incident of water turned red in Tuen Mun River

The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and the Drainage Services Department (DSD) are following up on the incident that the water of Tuen Mun River was found red.

The EPD received a report at around 5pm today (February 15), stating that some water of Tuen Mun River had turned red. The EPD and the DSD immediately arranged staff to the scene for investigation.

Investigating officers found that the river water had resumed normal and was no longer red. No fish deaths were found at the scene. On-site tests also showed that the water quality indicators (including pH levels, dissolved oxygen, etc) remained normal. The EPD staff have collected water samples for further investigations.

Initial investigation revealed that there was draining pipe testing with red dye powder. The DSD had confirmed that it did not conduct any dye testing there. The EPD and the DSD will continue to follow up on the incident.

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