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Man arrested over HK acid attack Man arrested over HK acid attack
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Police in Hong Kong have arrested a man suspected of carrying out an acid attack that injured 30 people.Police in Hong Kong have arrested a man suspected of carrying out an acid attack that injured 30 people.
A police spokesman said the man had been detained after he was spotted on a rooftop near the scene of Saturday's attack in the Kowloon area. The man was detained after being spotted on a rooftop near the scene of Saturday's attack on a night market in the Kowloon area, a spokesman said.
Nine of those hurt in the attack were tourists, police said. Nine tourists and a seven-year-old were among those treated in hospital.
More than 100 people have been injured in similar attacks since December 2008 when bottles of acid were dropped from buildings in a pedestrian zone. More than 100 people have been injured since December 2008 in similar attacks in which bottles of acid were dropped from buildings in a pedestrian zone.
The man arrested was found hiding on a roof by the scene of the latest attack in a busy shopping street in the Mong Kok district, with lids that fitted the bottles thrown, a police spokesman said.
Police have not said whether the man, who was described as being Chinese and in his 30s, is suspected of involvement in other attacks.
Until now, the police have had little success in finding what is thought to be a lone perpetrator, the BBC's Angharad Law in Hong Kong says.