Overview
- The victims, employees of a Japanese firm dealing in cryptocurrency and luxury goods, were ambushed at 9am Thursday on Wing Lok Street in Sheung Wan.
- Three assailants, one wielding a 20cm knife, seized four cash-filled suitcases in about 30 seconds and loaded them into a private car.
- Police say 15 local residents aged 20 to 69 have been arrested, with seven charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.
- Officers recovered a suspected getaway vehicle and arrested a 43-year-old mainland Chinese man with a suitcase of yen.
- Most of the roughly ¥1 billion (about US$6.4 million) remains missing as the search for additional suspects and assets continues.