Hong Kong woman found dead on road with cuts to neck and back
- Police receive report woman in her fifties spotted lying in pool of blood on Kam Pok Road in Yuen Long
- Force reveals bloodstained electric saw and meat cleaver measuring 30cm found in grassy area 20 metres away
A woman was found dead with cuts to her neck and back on a road in northern Hong Kong on Saturday night.
Police said they received a report at around 7.30pm that a woman in her fifties had been spotted lying in a pool of blood on Kam Pok Road in Yuen Long, an industrial area surrounded by thick vegetation southeast of the Mai Po nature reserve.
Responding officers found cuts on her neck and back. The woman was certified dead at the scene, and the case was classified as murder.
Police searched the heavy undergrowth and checked trucks in the area, but no arrests were made.
On Sunday, the force revealed a bloodstained electric saw and a meat cleaver measuring 30cm (11.9 inches) were found in a grassy area 20 metres (66 feet) away from the body. A cap and mobile phone were found beside the body.
The victim was identified as Lau Hung-lee, 54, who lived with her 72-year-old husband in Man Yuen Tsuen village about 300 metres away, a police source said.
