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Crime4 September 2025Archive brief

Hong Kong jury convicts three people and acquits five others over 2020 bomb plots targeting hospitals and trains during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Hong Kong jury convicts three people and acquits five others over 2020 bomb plots targeting hospitals and trains during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding them guilty of conspiracy to cause explosions but not of terrorism charges under the UN anti-terrorism law.

By Belfast Herald Newsdesk2 min read

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The development was among the significant crime stories being followed from World. Contemporary coverage attributed the principal details to Reuters on 4 September 2025.

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