A knife-wielding attacker with suspected mental illness who was shot twice by police in Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung has died after 10 days in hospital in a critical condition.
The government on Tuesday confirmed the 43-year-old suspect, surnamed Chung, was pronounced dead at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung at 8.47pm on Monday.
The incident occurred in the early hours of March 21 at the Kwai Chung section of Castle Peak Road, when three officers fired five rounds in total at the construction worker after he allegedly charged at them with a 30cm (12-inch) serrated knife and a metre-long (3.2-foot) metal rod.
The suspect, who was found with a backpack containing camping gear and had no prior criminal record, was believed to have been suffering from mental health issues.
The man was shot in the chest and thigh.
The force earlier defended the decision to use lethal force, noting that officers had no other choice but to shoot when the man ignored their verbal warnings and pepper spray had failed to subdue him.
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