Hong Kong police charge man, 76, over allegedly wounding elderly passer-by after throwing 2 acid bottles out of window
He said the caps matched the bottles that were dropped.
At around 5.30pm on the same day, police arrested a 76-year-old tenant on the premises. The suspect is one of the several elderly residents who share the flat.
“The man was suspected of throwing the two bottles out of the window after using the solution to clear a blocked basin drain,” Yiu said.
She said one of the bottles contained leftover acid that injured the pedestrian.
Chief Inspector Lau Wing-kwan of the Sau Mau Ping crime unit said police believed it was an isolated case.
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“The arrested person acted out of a lack of civic-mindedness and ignorance of pedestrian safety. It was not a prank or an indiscriminate attempt to harm people,” Lau said.
Stressing that the force had been paying close attention to cases of objects being thrown from height, Lau warned police would spare no effort to bring offenders to justice.
Inspector Yiu said the suspect had been charged with one count of wounding and would be brought to Kwun Tong Court on May 10.
She said the injured woman had been discharged from hospital after receiving treatment.
Under the Offences against the Person Ordinance, wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm is punishable by up to three years in jail, according to police.