Hong Kong police arrest 9, including 6 students, over bomb plot

Police stand guard at the site where a man allegedly stabbed a policeman then stabbed himself in the chest, at Causeway Bay on July 2, 2021.- Reuters

HONG KONG (The Straits Times/ANN):Hong Kong police have arrested nine people aged 15 to 39 in connection with a bomb plot, officials said on Tuesday (July 6).

Of the five men and four women, six are secondary school students, said senior superintendent of the police national security department Li Kwai Wah, adding that the operation was conducted on Monday.