A citywide manhunt for four non-Chinese robbers was under way after a mainland visitor was slashed in the leg and robbed of a rucksack and a luggage packed with about HK$4 million in foreign currencies in a hold-up at a busy footbridge in Hong Kong on Friday morning.
The daring daylight robbery took place on the Chi Cheong Road footbridge at about 8.30am, shortly after the mainland man in his 40s got off at Sheung Shui MTR station following his arrival from Shenzhen by train. The bridge is only about one to two minutes’ walk from the station.Thought it was illegal to carry so money cash out of China...“We were told the backpack and suitcase carried more than US$400,000 (HK$3.1 million) and about 80,000 euros (HK$649,000) in total,” he said.
Manhunt in Hong Kong for four suspects after mainland visitor slashed in the leg in HK$4 million daylight robbery | South China Morning Post