Video shows Hong Kong actor Simon Yam being stabbed on stage in China

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Video shows Hong Kong actor Simon Yam being stabbed on stage in China

By David Stanway
Updated

WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO

Shanghai: Police in southern China said the man who stabbed veteran Hong Kong actor Simon Yam at an event suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.

A 53-year-old man, surnamed Chen, was detained following the attack in the Zhongshan Huoju Development Zone in Guangdong province, police said Saturday evening, local time.

Chen rushed the stage and stabbed the 64-year-old actor with a fruit knife during an opening celebration for a business venue where Yam was invited to speak.

Yam underwent a minor operation at a hospital in Zhongshan city, his manager Lester Mo said.

"He was stabbed in the tummy area and also got a cut on his right hand," Mo said. He was still being treated for injuries to the four fingers of his right hand.

Hong Kong actor Simon Yam

Hong Kong actor Simon YamCredit: AP

A video was posted on China's Twitter-like Weibo service showing a man in a dark vest rushing up to the stage and attacking Yam with a knife in the city of Zhongshan in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong.

The China Youth Daily newspaper said on its website that the 64-year old Yam had been taken to hospital for treatment but the injuries to his hands and abdomen were not life-threatening.

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The 64-year-old actor underwent what Mo called a minor operation at a hospital in Zhongshan city.

Yam - also known by Chinese name Yam Tat-wah - has appeared in more than 125 movies and 40 television series. He played the villain Chen Lo in the 2003 Hollywood film Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.

Veteran Hong Kong actor Simon Yam receives hospital treatment after being stabbed,  in the city of Zhongshan in Guangdong province, Hong Kong.

Veteran Hong Kong actor Simon Yam receives hospital treatment after being stabbed, in the city of Zhongshan in Guangdong province, Hong Kong. Credit: AP

Citing a police statement, it said the attacker had not yet been identified, but that Yam appeared to have been a victim of mistaken identity.

Yam, who is also a film producer, won critical acclaim for his role in the Hong Kong crime film Contact in 1992.

Reuters, PAA, AP

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