Video shows Hong Kong actor Simon Yam being stabbed on stage in China
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Shanghai: An unknown assailant stabbed Hong Kong actor Simon Yam during a promotional event in mainland China but Yam's injuries appear not to be life-threatening.
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.
His manager Lester Mo said Yam was stabbed in the stomach on Saturday and also had a cut on his right hand.
The 64-year-old actor is undergoing what Mr 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.
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