Hong Kong Actor Simon Yam Stabbed on Stage During Promotional Event in China

Sixty-four-year-old Hong Kong actor Simon Yam, who has appeared in over 200 films and TV series since the ’70s, was stabbed onstage during a promotional event in Zhongshan, China. As BBC reports, Yam was speaking during the event when a man walked onstage to attack him. Fans of the actor captured the disturbing moment on video, in which Yam can be seen trying to get away from the perpetrator. 

Yam’s manager has confirmed that he has since been taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. “He was stabbed in his stomach and slashed on his arm, but was conscious the entire time,” his manager Lester Mo Gee-man explained. “A preliminary investigation showed his injuries were not critical but the doctors are still deciding whether to operate on him.”

The suspect has since been apprehended. 

The motive behind the attack is unclear, but numerous security guards were able to stop the suspect from causing anymore serious damage to Yam.

Throughout his career, Yam has starred in countless Chinese-language films andmade an appearance as a crime lord in 2003’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life.

A video of the incident circulated on Chinese social media site Weibo, and has since been uploaded to YouTube. A second video showed him asking to be taken to the hospital shortly following the attack.

*CONTENT WARNING: The video below contains footage of the moment in which Yam was stabbed.*