�������� Police are investigating an attempted murder and suicide case in Tuen Mun yesterday (May 25) in which a 66-year-old man died.
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�������� At about 6pm, Police received a report from a 64-year-old woman that her 66-year-old husband suspectedly assaulted their 39-year-old daughter in a unit on 138 Fuk Hang Tsuen Road. She tried to stop him and her husband left the scene.
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�������� Police officers sped to the scene and located the 39-year-old woman. Sustaining neck and chest injuries, she was sent to Tuen Mun Hospital in conscious state.
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�������� At about 7.30pm, officers found the man hanging with a belt inside a changing room on Fuk Hang Tsuen Road. He was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 8.20pm.
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�������� Initial investigation revealed that the man had attempted to cover his daughter绞s head with a plastic bag and assaulted her chest barehanded in the unit before he hanged himself.
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�������� A plastic bag, a belt and a will note in suspected connection with the case were seized at scene.
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�������� Post-mortem examinations will be conducted later to ascertain the cause of death of the deceased.
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������ Investigation by the District Crime Squad of Tuen Mun District is underway.
Ends/Friday, May 26, 2023
Issued at HKT 1:09
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