Public cigarette bin thrown off footbridge onto Fa Yuen Street

If you’re walking around Hong Kong these days, better keep an eye out for what’s coming from above. This is the third reported case of objects being thrown from a height in Hong Kong this week.

On Tuesday an office chair was thrown off a rooftop on Sai Yeung Choi Street, hitting and killing a man. On Thursday, a man was arrested for throwing two plastic chairs and a folding chair from a building in Yau Tong.

Today’s incident happened at around 12am this morning, when passersby spotted a cigarette can thrown off the footbridge and onto Fa Yuen Street. Luckily, the bin didn’t hit any pedestrians or cars. The police was called to investigate immediately but did not make any arrests.

According to the Oriental Daily, the police are looking for a middle-aged man who was wearing a black shirt and blue jeans at the time. 

See related:

More chairs being thrown off buildings in Hong Kong

More details on how passerby was killed by chair thrown from building

Chair falling from building kills man




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