Hong Kong police on hunt for three people linked to mask row that sparked assault on convenience store employee
- The dispute erupted when a 24-year-old employee of a 7-Eleven store in Yau Ma Tei asked a customer to put on a mask
- Following an altercation, the customer left and later returned with two others to assault the shopkeeper, who was injured in the face and hand
Hong Kong police are searching for three people who assaulted a convenience store employee following an argument over not wearing a mask in the early hours of Monday.
Police were called to the 7-Eleven store on Pitt Street in Yau Ma Tei where the incident took place around 12.45am.
The dispute erupted when the 24-year-old employee asked a male customer to put on a mask, according to police. The customer left after the row and later returned with two other men.
“The three men, in their 30s, assaulted the employee and intimidated him verbally before running out of the shop,” a police spokesman said.
No weapon was used in the incident.
The employee was injured in the face and hand, and was taken conscious to Kwong Wah Hospital for treatment.
Officers combed the area, but no arrests were made. Detectives from the Yau Tsim criminal investigation unit are handling the case.
