Four people wounded in rare Hong Kong shooting; woman arrested


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Jun 2018

Policemen search the area after a woman opened fire and wounded four people at a park outside Taikoo Shing in Hong Kong, China June 26, 2018.  REUTERS/Bobby Yip

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Four people were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting in a Hong Kong park next to a busy shopping centre, a rare gun attack in a city ranked as one of the safest in the world.

A woman was arrested after she used a gun to shoot at two men and two women, a police spokeswoman told Reuters.

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