Police investigate murder-suicide in Mong Kok

Shining Heights in Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong. Picture via Wikipedia (Exploringlife/Prosperity Horizons)
Shining Heights in Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong. Picture via Wikipedia (Exploringlife/Prosperity Horizons)

In the second case of its kind in less than two weeks, a mother and her seven-year-old daughter were found dead at their Tai Kok Tsui yesterday evening in what police believe is a murder-suicide.

According to a police statement, the pair were discovered about 6.30pm after a domestic helper reported a strange smell coming from the flat in Shining Heights on Sycamore Street.

Hk01 reported that responders from the fire department broke into the flat and found the mother, 44, in bed embracing her daughter.

A pot of burnt charcoal was beside them and they were declared dead at the scene, according to police. The woman, who was divorced, reportedly had trouble in a new relationship, wrote The Standard.

The devastating discovery comes after police last month found a 35-year-old single mother dead and her two-year-old son seriously injured outside their high-rise apartment in Kwun Tong.

The woman, who suffered from postnatal depression, is believed to have thrown her son out the window before jumping herself. Her son remains in a critical condition.

There were also similar cases in February when a 45-year-old mother committed suicide with her nine-year-old son in Sha Tin by burning charcoal in their car, reported the SCMP and in Hang Hau earlier last year.

If you or someone you know needs help, please call

  • 24-hour hotline at Suicide Prevention Services: +852 2382 0000
  • 24-hour hotline at Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong: +852 2389 2222
  • 24-hour multilingual hotline at Samaritans: +852 2896 0000
  • Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care: +852 2868 1211


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