Murder probe launched as bodies of woman, middle-aged son found in Hong Kong flat

Hong Kong police have launched a murder investigation after the bodies of a woman and her middle-aged son were found inside a flat in Cheung Sha Wan.

Police later arrested a woman on suspicion of murder.

The case came to light at around 3.50pm on Monday when authorities received a call that a man in his forties had been found unconscious in a flat in the Hang Moon Building on Cheung Sha Wan Road.

Firefighters arrived and entered the flat, where they found the bodies of the man and a woman. Investigators believed the woman was the man’s mother.

Police have classified the case as murder.