Hong Kong surgeons reattach part of district councillor Andrew Chiu’s ear, bitten off by knifeman near Cityplaza mall
- Local politician is recovering after an overnight operation to reconstruct his left ear. Two others remain critical in hospital
- Five were badly injured in horrific attack outside the Tai Koo shopping centre on Sunday, including suspect who was beaten by crowd
Surgeons have reconstructed a district councillor’s ear after part of it was bitten off by a knife-wielding man outside a Hong Kong shopping centre.
Andrew Chiu Ka-yin, who was recovering on Monday after an overnight operation, was among four people seriously injured in the frenzied attack, launched on Sunday night following an argument over politics outside Cityplaza in Tai Koo.
The suspect, who was heard speaking Mandarin, was then beaten by an angry crowd before he was arrested.
Police said on Monday afternoon that they had arrested the assailant, 48, and two men, aged 23 and 29, who beat him up afterwards.
A medical source said the suspect was a psychiatric patient at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan and attended follow-up appointments regularly. “The man has violent tendencies,” the source said.
