A man who allegedly planted a suspected bomb at the roadside of Wing Fok Center in Fan Ling has been arrested and police believe the crime is protest-related.
He was still being detained for questioning as of 9pm last night.
The suspected bomb, 50 centimeters in length and wrapped in aluminum foil, was a mixture of explosive precursors – substances used in the manufacture of explosives, such as potassium nitrate and firecrackers along with gas masks, a police source said, adding the case was protest-related.
Officers from the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau rounded up the man outside Block 6 of Wing Fok Center on Luen Chit Street in Fan Ling at around 2pm yesterday after the suspected bomb was uncovered there.
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Source: The Standard