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Hong Kong police officer dead after being found at police station with gunshot wound to the head

Hong Kong police officer dead after being found at police station with gunshot wound to the head

A Hong Kong Police An officer was found with a gunshot wound to the head at the regional headquarters of a marine unit on Sunday.

A police spokesman said the male officer was found collapsed in the afternoon at the regional headquarters of the maritime police in Sai Wan Ho, east of Hong Kong Island.

The Hong Kong Island Police Regional Crime Unit is investigating the death of an officer who was found with a gunshot wound to the head at the Sai Wan Ho Regional Water Police headquarters. Photo: Warton Li

According to a source, the senior police officer’s death was confirmed at the scene.

Police said the circumstances of the death were being investigated.

The Hong Kong The investigation is being led by the island’s regional criminal police.