Citywide manhunt after masked men launch petrol bomb attack on home of Hong Kong media mogul and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai
- Security camera captures moment men threw petrol bombs at house on Kadoorie Avenue in Ho Man Tin
- Lai was previously target of triad assassination plot
Police are looking for two masked men who hurled petrol bombs at the residence of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying in an attack in the early hours of Thursday.
The bombs exploded on the driveway outside the tycoon’s house on Kadoorie Avenue, Ho Man Tin. Police and fire officers were called at 1.20am after being called by Lai’s security guard, who doused the flames.
No one was injured in the attack. The Apple Daily newspaper Lai founded reported he was inside the house at the time of the attack, but police sources said detectives had not yet been able to contact him.
Police said security cameras filmed two men wearing dark T-shirts arriving on a motorbike, stopping 20 metres from the house.
Footage posted online showed one of the men throw the petrol bombs outside the house, while the other used a mobile phone to record the act.
After the attack, the two culprits ran back to the motorbike and sped away before police arrived. Officers mounted a search, but no arrests were made.
