Hong Kong victims of Germany axe attack travelled for family wedding
Friend of Tracy Yau says she is ‘very helpful and nice’
Tracy Yau Hiu-tung’s trip to attend her older sister’s wedding in Britain ended up with a bloody attack in Germany.
The 26 year old, together with her parents and boyfriend, was attacked by a 17-year-old Afghan refugee with an axe on a train bound to Wuerzburg, 100km east of Frankfurt. Her brother Yau Chak-ming, 17, was also on the train but uninjured.
Yau’s friend, who was only identified as Grace, told the Post she wished her friend speedy recovery from the injury.
“I hope she can come back as soon as possible and stay healthy,” said Grace, who studied translation an Lingnan University with Yau from 2008 to 2011.
“She is a sporty girl, pretty cheerful, very helpful and nice,” said Grace.
She said she and other university friends sent Tracy messages after the attack, but got no reply from her.
“My friends and I are scared and don’t know how severe she has been injured,” she said.
Yau, who works as an arts administrator trainee at the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, is the third child of the family.
Her boyfriend, Edmund Au Yeung, 31, was reported to be an engineer. His company refused to comment on the case, saying that it was Au Yeung’s personal trip, but they would help if possible.
Yau’s eldest sister Sylvia, who was not in the trip, left for Germany with her husband on Monday night to visit her injured family members.
Au Yeung’s mother and sister also went, accompanied by four officers from the immigration department. One of the officers, senior immigration officer Kenneth Tong King-hin, said they would first visit the four injured victims, who have been treated in three hospitals, before deciding when to transport them back to Hong Kong.
