A KMB bus was hijacked by a knife-wielding man in Mong Kok last night at around 8pm.

The man is still on the loose after forcing the bus driver to keep driving for two kilometres without stopping, while 13 terrified passengers sat in the back, reports Bastille Post.

He is described as being about 35 years old and 1.8 metres tall.

Before he boarded the bus, the suspect is said to have finished eating at a restaurant before suddenly rushing into the kitchen and grabbing a double-edged, 40-centimetre-long filet knife.

Needless to say, he left without paying.

The restaurant staff, understandably too afraid to stop him, called the police.

The man then boarded a number 212 single-deck bus at the Sham Mong Road station near Whampoa Garden in Mong Kok.

Holding his knife, he ordered the driver, who is in his 40s, to keep going past the next stop.

He did not allow the bus to stop for another three stops.

In the meantime, 13 passengers sat horrified in the last rows of the bus, and could only look at each other in terror.

One brave passenger, apparently afraid it would “turn into the Philippine hostage crisis”, called the police quietly from the back row.

The hijacker eventually got off and ran away.

The driver, afraid he’d return, kept going until the next stop, when the passengers could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The police arrived at the scene but could not locate the suspect.

Photo: Swire Chin via Flickr

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