4-year-old mainland Chinese girl accidentally hit in face when 10 assailants attack group of diners at Hong Kong restaurant

“During the assault, one of the attackers accidentally injured the girl at a nearby table. She was slightly injured in the left cheek.”

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The girl had only just arrived in the city from the mainland earlier on Tuesday.

A video posted online showed some of the culprits hurling plastic chairs and utensils, with one seen holding a mobile phone and stamping on victims.

In the clip, one of the attackers wearing a white down jacket was seen hitting a victim with a hard object repeatedly, leaving bloodstains on his sleeves.

The assailants fled in two cars before police arrived. Officers mounted a search but made no arrests.

The restaurant was left in disarray with tables overturned and chairs, food, bowls and plates scattered on the floor.

Emergency services personnel bandaged the girl’s face with gauze at the scene before she was taken to Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei for treatment.

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The three injured diners, aged from 19 to 26, were injured in the heads and arms and they were rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Another source said the attack could be a case of targeted revenge.

Officers from the Yau Tsim criminal investigation unit are following up on the case.

Last month, a traveller from Singapore was attacked following a noise complaint at an outdoor dining spot in Yau Ma Tei.

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The 54-year-old man, his wife and their son complained to a waiter at a dai pai dong in Woosung Street Temporary Cooked Food Hawker Bazaar about another 54-year-old man who was talking loudly with his friends.

Police said no altercation took place and the family left shortly after dining.

But while the family was waiting for a taxi in the area, the diner from earlier struck the father in the head with a glass cup and fled on foot. The family gave chase and intercepted the man before police arrived.

Last year, police handled 3,636 reports of wounding and serious assault across the city, an increase of 22 cases compared with 2022.