Armed man dies after being shot by Hong Kong police following attack on wife, mother

Hong Kong police opened fire on an armed man after he allegedly ignored repeated warnings following an attack on his wife and mother in North Point on Sunday, with the suspect later dying in hospital.

Officers rushed to a flat on Kam Ping Street at around 9.19pm after a woman called police to report that her husband had attacked her and her mother-in-law, according to the force.

A source said officers encountered the man at the scene wielding a knife and a pair of scissors.

The insider said despite multiple orders to disarm and verbal warnings, the man continued to advance towards officers, prompting one of them to discharge his firearm.

The injured man was taken to Ruttonjee Hospital in Wan Chai, where he later died.