Hong Kong man arrested in connection with attempted knifepoint robbery of woman hiking alone on trail

The woman suffered no losses or injuries, the force said.

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Lui was being detained for further investigation, police said, adding that the case had been handed over to the Tseung Kwan O district criminal investigation department.

Hikers being robbed is not unheard of in Hong Kong, although most recent cases involved non-local suspects.

In 2022, a woman was attacked and robbed by a man with a knife when she was hiking on a hill in Tsz Wan Shan. She suffered minor injuries to a finger on her left hand during a struggle with the robber, who was not caught.

In recent years, at least three robbery cases took place on Eagle’s Nest, a hill in Kowloon. According to police, the suspects were all Mandarin speakers.

Those convicted of robbery face a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.