Police searching for 'powerful man' who attacked British pair at knifepoint in park
A police manhunt was under way yesterday after two British tourists were beaten and raped at knifepoint on a hillside near the top of Tai Mo Shan.
Thirty Police Tactical Unit officers and two tracking dogs were scouring the Tai Mo Shan Country Park for signs of the rapist, described by police as a 'powerful man'.
He is thought to have a bite mark on one shoulder after one of the victims bit him during a struggle.
The man struck as the two women, aged 21 and 23, were returning to the Sze Lok Yuen youth hostel, off Tai Mo Shan Road, on Sunday night. The pair, who arrived in Hong Kong last week, had checked into the hostel on Sunday afternoon.
Police said the victims' ordeal began about 9pm on Sunday after they got off a bus on Route Twisk near the junction of Tai Mo Shan Road and then walked up the hill, returning to the hostel.
