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Woman Escapes Burning Flat After Knife Attack by Husband

3/7/2026

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A woman escaped a burning flat in Yuen Long on Saturday, October 21, 2023, after alleging her husband attacked her with a knife.
She called for help at 9:43 AM, reporting that her husband, also in his thirties, knifed her before she fled.
Police found the flat ablaze and evacuated residents; the husband was later discovered to have fallen from a height.
He was taken to Pok Oi Hospital in a coma, while the woman received treatment for hand injuries at the same hospital.
Authorities are investigating the incident.

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Story summary

A woman escaped a burning flat in Yuen Long on Saturday, October 21, 2023, after alleging her husband attacked her with a knife.
She called for help at 9:43 AM, reporting that her husband, also in his thirties, knifed her before she fled.
Police found the flat ablaze and evacuated residents; the husband was later discovered to have fallen from a height.
He was taken to Pok Oi Hospital in a coma, while the woman received treatment for hand injuries at the same hospital.
Authorities are investigating the incident.