Hong Kong: Homeless woman dead for several hours in a McDonald's
A homeless woman was found dead in a McDonald's in Hong Kong. She remained seated for several hours without anyone noticing her death.
It was a customer who alerted the fast-food employees, thinking that the homeless woman had lost consciousness… A homeless woman was found lifeless on Saturday morning in a McDonald's in the Ping Shek district of Hong Kong. This woman in her fifties, whose identity is still unknown, was slumped on a table in a corner of the fast food restaurant.
Local media reported that the homeless woman entered the restaurant 24 hours earlier. The daily Apple Daily reports, based on video surveillance images, that the homeless woman did not move for seven hours before some customers realized that the woman was unconscious.
« The police arrived after being warned by a customer“, indicated the city police in a press release, while confirming that “ the person was pronounced dead at the scene."
In a statement, McDonald's said: his sorrow over this unfortunate incident" But this tragedy once again highlights the difficulties encountered by the homeless in Hong Kong, often seeking refuge in the air-conditioned rooms of fast-food restaurants., open 24 hours a day, to protect against high temperatures and high humidity.
