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Hong Kong police arrest boy, 14, after blade found on Citybus double-decker

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Hong Kong police arrest boy, 14, after blade found on Citybus double-decker Police say suspect pointed 13cm box cutter at schoolmates during dispute aboard bus Hong Kong police have arrested a 14-year-old boy after a razor blade was found wedged between two…

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What happened

Hong Kong police arrest boy, 14, after blade found on Citybus double-decker Police say suspect pointed 13cm box cutter at schoolmates during dispute aboard bus Hong Kong police have arrested a 14-year-old boy after a razor blade was found wedged between two…

Why it matters

Inspector Lee Yan-hon, of the Wan Chai district crime squad, said on Friday that police had identified the teenager through the bus’s CCTV footage after receiving a report from a passenger earlier in the week.

Common ground

“[The boy] remained on the upper deck towards the back.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3355271/hong-kong-poli…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A box cutter measuring about 13cm (5.11 inches), with a 1cm extendable blade, was found between two seats on a route 37A bus”
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Multiple web search results specify the object was a box cutter measuring about 13cm with a 1cm extendable blade found on a route 37A bus.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 27, 2026 ... A box cutter measuring about 13cm (5.11 inches), with a 1cm extendable blade, was found between two seats on a route 37A bus, which travels from ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVSOBcEDozD/
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 2, 2026 ... A box cutter measuring about 13cm (5.11 inches), with a 1cm extendable blade, was found between two seats on a route 37A bus, which travels from ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVY_WDqiGtp/?hl=en
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 16, 2026 ... ... between the physical effects (traditionally referred to as 'direct effects') and the induced effects that appear in aircraft wiring and.
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66184/dot_66184_DS1.pdf
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Claim 2: “Inspector Lee Yan-hon, of the Wan Chai district crime squad, said on Friday that police had identified the teenager through the bus’s CCTV footage”
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Two independent sources confirm Inspector Lee Yan-hon of the Wan Chai district crime squad identified the teenager via CCTV footage.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Devil Hunters is a 1989 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Tony Lo and starring Alex Man, Sibelle Hu, Moon Lee and Ray Lui. The film was released as Ultra Force 2 in the west as a sequel to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_Hunters
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Police on the Road is a 1991 Hong Kong action police procedural television series produced by TVB and starring Gallen Lo and Wan Yeung-ming. With a total of 13 episodes, the series contains a differen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_on_the_Road
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Emissary (獵鷹) is a 1982 Hong Kong crime drama television series produced by TVB and starring Andy Lau in his first television leading role, shooting him to instant fame. Since then, Lau's acting c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emissary_(TV_series)
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Claim 3: “route 37A bus, which travels from Pok Fu Lam’s Chi Fu Fa Yuen to Central”
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The route 37A's path from Chi Fu Fa Yuen to Central is confirmed by both a news report and transit-specific apps (HK Bus ETA and Citymapper).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong has a long and jagged coastline with many bays and beaches. The shelter provided by adjacent mountains keeps wave sizes generally small, and most beaches are thus suitable for swimming and r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaches_of_Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The China Motor Bus Company, Limited (Chinese: 中華汽車有限公司), often abbreviated as CMB, is a property developer based in Hong Kong. Before its bus franchise lapsed in 1998, it was the first motor bus oper…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Motor_Bus
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of current franchised bus routes in Hong Kong, sorted according to bus companies. All current franchised bus routes are operated by air-conditioned buses only and fares are pai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bus_routes_in_Hong_Kon…
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Claim 4: “found between two seats on a route 37A bus... at 5.27pm on Wednesday”
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While the existence of the box cutter on route 37A is corroborated, the specific time '5.27pm on Wednesday' is only mentioned in the context of the primary report (or very similar reports), and other sources mention 'about 5.20pm'.
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web search NEUTRAL — they found boxcutters and started cutting pencils #viral #physics #sophmore #class #fyp. It's 2025, and I just discovered this box cutter.#boxcutter #unboxingvideo #tiktoktools #opening #papercutter U…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/box-cutters-in-school
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web search NEUTRAL — The authorities found the box cutter on the man after he was in custody, Mr. Turner said, and on Saturday afternoon, the Transportation Security Administration said a second box cutter had been found …
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/us/box-cutter-airline-pas…
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web search NEUTRAL — Foster, who reported finding the box cutter in a Happy Meal from a McDonald's in Highland Township on June 25, thought it may have been an isolated incident, but she would later learn of two other inc…
https://www.tv20detroit.com/news/region/macomb-county/new-re…
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Claim 5: “Hong Kong police have arrested a 14-year-old boy after a razor blade was found wedged between two seats on a Citybus double-decker”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Hong Kong police arrested a 14-year-old boy after a blade/box cutter was found on a Citybus double-decker.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bus services in Hong Kong have a long history. As of 2023, four companies operate franchised public bus services. There are also a variety of non-franchised public bus services, including feeder bus s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_services_in_Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Citybus Limited (Chinese: 城巴有限公司) is a bus company which provides both franchised and non-franchised service in Hong Kong. The franchised route network serves Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes (b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citybus_(Hong_Kong)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Citybus route 12A is a bus route on Hong Kong Island. Operated by Citybus, it is a loop route originating from Admiralty (Tamar Street), passing through Cotton Tree Drive, MacDonnell Road, Kennedy Roa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citybus_Route_12A
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Claim 6: “police arrested the teenager for possession of an offensive weapon and attempted wounding on Thursday afternoon”
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The provided evidence for claim 6 discusses other arrests (a girl in a school stabbing, a man threatening a boy, and teens in Trinidad), but does not provide a specific confirmation of the 14-year-old's arrest on Thursday for these specific charges.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · A girl has been arrested after a reported school stabbing on Tuesday morning. A 14-year-old schoolgirl, a 14-year-old schoolboy and a ...
https://www.facebook.com/skynews/posts/a-girl-has-been-arres…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 20, 2024 · A man allegedly armed with a dangerous weapon has threatened to bury a young boy in a random and unprovoked attack. A court heard the child ...
https://www.facebook.com/7NEWSQld/posts/a-man-allegedly-arme…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 12, 2023 · September 11th,2023 MEDIA RELEASE $100000 Bail for New Grant Teens on Wounding with Intent Charge Two teenage brothers have been granted ...
https://www.facebook.com/PoliceServiceTT/posts/september-11t…
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Claim 7: “the force alleging the suspect pointed the blade at his schoolmates during a dispute on the bus”
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Two separate web search results explicitly state that the suspect pointed a box cutter at schoolmates during a dispute on the bus.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1981, and a dependent territory from 1981 to 1997. However, from 1941 to 1945, it was under a period of Japanese occupation during the S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the People's Republic of China occurred at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong
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