Staff member had been “assaulted by an unknown individual”, spokesperson confirmed.
Hong Kong:
A workers member of the US Consulate General in Hong Kong was attacked by a person exterior his office on Tuesday afternoon, police and a US official mentioned.
The monetary hub’s police mentioned they obtained a report on an assault within the afternoon which a consulate worker suffered a bloody harm to his head after a person struck him and fled.
A spokesperson of the consulate confirmed a workers member had been “assaulted by an unknown individual”.
“The employee did not sustain life-threatening injuries. We cannot speculate on the assailant’s motives at this time,” the consulate official added.
Once a beacon of stability, Hong Kong has been left bitterly divided and polarised after final 12 months’s big and typically violent pro-democracy protests.
Beijing has rejected requires higher democracy and sometimes blamed Washington for instigating and condoning the rallies.
It has responded with a crackdown on protesters, together with the imposition of a sweeping new safety regulation which has prompted the US to sanction some Chinese and Hong Kong officers.
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