Pro-democracy protesters clashed with Police in Hong Kong early in a
clash that is happening for the first in two weeks and which lasted for
about four hours.
Huffingtonpost World reports:
Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in Hong Kong
early Thursday for the first time in more than two weeks as pressure
grows on demonstrators to abandon more than a month and a half of street
occupations.
The skirmishes lasted for about four hours in the bustling Mong Kok
neighborhood, the most turbulent of three protest sites that have
snarled swaths of the city.
Police said they attempted to arrest a man who was shining his
cellphone light into officers’ eyes, and demonstrators responded by
surging at police lines. The two sides ended up in a tense standoff,
with several protesters taunting police.
At about 2:30 a.m., protesters charged again at police lines and
flooded into a street. Officers responded with pepper spray and pushed
the crowd back into their camp.
Police said they arrested three people in the confrontations, which left at least one protester bleeding from the head.
0 comments:
Post a Comment