HK ACID RAIN, PART 7
Jan. 16th, 2010 10:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogRemember the Hong Kong Acid Bomber?
They arrested him.
Well, one of them, anyway – specifically the one who allegedly threw the acid bottle at this location in Causeway Bay.
The bad news: the police don’t think he’s the same guy who tossed the other bottles – which isn’t surprising, as it was the only attack that happened in a HK Island district. All the others happened all the way across the harbour in Kowloon. No motive as of yet.
What’s interesting is how the police managed to track him down, with their only clue being a black Staccato shopping bag found at the scene with one unopened acid bottle.
And here we are.
Here’s hoping they get a similar break in catching the other one(s).
The long arms of the law,
This is dF
They arrested him.
Well, one of them, anyway – specifically the one who allegedly threw the acid bottle at this location in Causeway Bay.
The bad news: the police don’t think he’s the same guy who tossed the other bottles – which isn’t surprising, as it was the only attack that happened in a HK Island district. All the others happened all the way across the harbour in Kowloon. No motive as of yet.
What’s interesting is how the police managed to track him down, with their only clue being a black Staccato shopping bag found at the scene with one unopened acid bottle.
Officers interviewed numerous people - passers-by and shop assistants - and collected more than 50 surveillance-camera tapes from shops in Lockhart Road and Causeway Bay MTR station.
About 30 detectives from Hong Kong Island regional crime unit pored over the tapes looking for one vital clue. Then they got their breakthrough. Footage showed a man leaving Causeway Bay station on the day of the attack carrying a black paper bag.
The investigation team moved swiftly. Officers collected the Octopus card data of commuters who passed through that turnstile, matching times with footage, to identify the suspect. The Octopus card management company provided transaction records of the card, allowing police to study the suspect's movements.
About 30 detectives from Hong Kong Island regional crime unit pored over the tapes looking for one vital clue. Then they got their breakthrough. Footage showed a man leaving Causeway Bay station on the day of the attack carrying a black paper bag.
The investigation team moved swiftly. Officers collected the Octopus card data of commuters who passed through that turnstile, matching times with footage, to identify the suspect. The Octopus card management company provided transaction records of the card, allowing police to study the suspect's movements.
And here we are.
Here’s hoping they get a similar break in catching the other one(s).
The long arms of the law,
This is dF
