A man was arrested on Tuesday at a checkpoint in Lo Wu, Hong Kong, over a knife attack on three people at a Lennon Wall in Tseung Kwan O.
A police source said the suspect was detained while he was trying to flee the city after the incident in the early hours of the day. One of the victims, a journalist, was in a critical condition in hospital.
The suspect had stabbed his victims, two women aged 26 and 35, as well as a man, 24, after hearing their views on the anti-government protests rocking the city, witnesses said.
The 26-year-woman, a reporter with the Hong Kong Economic Journal, was left in a critical condition with wounds to her hands, left shoulder and back following the assault, while the other woman suffered injuries to her head.
The third victim required seven stitches for a head wound and suffered cuts to his left arm.
The trio were treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, and at Tseung Kwan O Hospital, a spokeswoman for the Hospital Authority said.
According to police, the attack took place in a tunnel between Hau Tak Estate and Chung Ming Court in Tseung Kwan O at 1.35am.