Man arrested after ‘air-con dispute’ turns violent

A 60-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of slashing a family of three with a knife at a Hong Kong residential estate on Friday morning, with the Post learning that the victims and the Suspect are neighbours.Police said they received a report at 7.35am of a family, including a 10-year-old daughter, being attacked by the Suspect at a lift lobby of Tai Hing Estate in Tuen Mun.A source told the Post that the Suspect and the family had been involved in a dispute, which could have led to the attack.“In August last year, the father of the family had a dispute with the arrestee due to an air conditioner water dripping issue from the latter,” the source said.The force said the Suspect had run into his victims – a father and his daughter – at the lift lobby before attacking them.“The arrestee took a knife out from a plastic bag to attack the 46-year-old man and the 10-year-old girl,” a force spokesman said.