Passers-by help to subdue knifeman after attack in Hong Kong mall fast-food outlet, using trolleys, ladder for protection

Passers-by and staff using trolleys and a ladder helped to subdue a knifeman who wounded a cashier at a fast-food outlet in a Hong Kong shopping centre, with five people, including the suspect, hurt after a scuffle.

Police were called in at about 7pm on Wednesday after a man was reported to have walked into a Fairwood restaurant in Sha Tin’s Shui Chuen O Plaza wielding a 30cm kitchen knife.