Police also froze about 600,000 Hong Kong dollars (£55,000) in assets that they say may be linked to the plot. The group all planned to leave Hong Kong for good after the sabotage, authorities said. Since 2019, Hong Kong police have arrested several people over alleged bomb plots and for making TATP. Expand Close Hong Kong police said they arrested nine people (Kin Cheung/AP) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Hong Kong police said they arrested nine people (Kin Cheung/AP)Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam said at a regular news briefing on Tuesday that she hopes the public will “openly condemn threats of violence”. Last week, a Hong Kong man stabbed a police officer with a knife, before killing himself.

Source: Irish Independent July 06, 2021 05:03 UTC