Hong Kong police launch attempted murder-suicide probe after father killed and son, 7, critically injured by fall

Hong Kong police are probing a suspected attempted murder-suicide after a father died and his seven-year-old son was injured when they plunged from a shopping centre in Kowloon City.

The investigation was launched after the man, 58, believed to be a taxi driver, and the boy, both Hong Kong identity card holders, were found unconscious with serious injuries in an alley next to Kowloon City Plaza on Carpenter Road at around 9.30pm on Monday.