Police Arrest 15-year-old Over Suspected Arson

"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("

Related News Programmes

"); });

2020-05-02 HKT 14:45

Share this story

facebook

  • The police say they're looking for three more individuals, aged between around 16 and 30 years old. File photo: RTHK

    The police say they're looking for three more individuals, aged between around 16 and 30 years old. File photo: RTHK

Police say they have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a suspected case of arson in Prince Edward.

The force says patrol officers passing by the intersection of Nathan Road and Boundary Street saw four people throwing petrol bombs and plastic tubes fitted with nails at around 11.15pm on Friday night.

They later arrested the teenager at the location, saying they had found a suspected petrol bomb, a lighter, as well as glass bottles and plastic tubes fitted with nails.

Police say they are hunting for three other males aged around 16 to 30 years old.

Media reports say the attackers were throwing petrol bombs at a police vehicle.

RECENT NEWS

Ant Internationals Ant Bank And Bettr Selected For Hong Kongs GenAI Sandbox++

Digital bank Ant Bank and embedded financial solutions provider Bettr have been selected to participate in Hong Kong’... Read more

Visa And BOCHK Tapped For Hong Kong AI Sandbox To Test Agent-Initiated Commerce

Visa has announced that it is partnering with Bank of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK) in the GenA.I. Sandbox++. With the Visa... Read more

Hong Kong Regulators Pick 36 Agentic AI Use Cases For GenA.I. Sandbox++

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the Insurance Authority (IA), and... Read more

Finloop And Yunfeng Financial Become Latest Anchorpoint Authorised Distributors

Finloop and Yunfeng Financial have joined Anchorpoint’s HKDAP stablecoin beta access programme as authorised distribu... Read more

Standard Chartered Becomes First Bank To Distribute HKDAP Stablecoin

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (SCBHK) has become the first bank distributor of HKDAP, the Hong Kong dolla... Read more

Lianlian DigiTech Profit Doubles In H12026, Agent Wallet Pushes To Address Payment Needs

Lianlian DigiTech Co., Ltd, a payment service provider headquartered in China, reported its interim results for the fir... Read more