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Hong Kong authorities still searching for answers over young woman’s brutal eye injury at protest outside Tsim Sha Tsui police station
- Woman appears to have been released from hospital but her exact condition – and cause of injury – remain unknown
- Police urge anyone with information to come forward
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Police on Monday said they were still investigating an eye injury suffered by a young woman at an anti-government protest outside Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station on August 11.
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The force urged anyone with information about the injury to come forward.
Although the woman appeared to be out of hospital, her exact condition was unknown on Monday.
The woman was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei for treatment on the night of the injury. A spokesman from the Hospital Authority would not comment on the case, but told the Post on Monday that all the patients who arrived at the hospital after the protest violence on August 11 had been discharged.
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At 7.24pm on August 11, the young woman was seen lying on the ground on Nathan Road with blood around her right eye. Police had already fired tear gas and beanbag rounds in the area to disperse protesters who had attacked the police station with bricks and petrol bombs.
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