![]() ![]() Some protesters said they are resorting to violence because the government has not responded to their peaceful demonstrations. Television footage showed a water cannon being fired once, but perhaps more as a test, as it didn’t appear to reach the retreating protesters. Two water cannon trucks and a phalanx of police vehicles with flashing lights joined riot police on foot as they advanced up the street. The protesters eventually decided to abandon their position. The result was a surreal scene of small fires and scattered paving bricks on the street between the two sides, rising clouds of tear gas and green and blue laser lights pointed by the protesters at the police.Ī general view shows riot police shooting a tear gas canister as demonstrators take cover behind barricades during a protest in Tsuen Wan, in Hong Kong, China August 25, 2019. Protesters responded by throwing bricks and gasoline bombs toward the police. ![]() While a large crowd rallied in the park, a group of hard-line protesters took over a main street, strewing bamboo poles on the pavement and lining up orange and white traffic barriers and cones to obstruct police.Īfter hoisting warning flags, police used tear gas to try to disperse the crowd. The main showdown took place on a major drag in the outlying Tsuen Wan district following a protest march that ended in a nearby park. Police also brought out water cannon trucks for the first time, though they did not use them directly on protesters. The confrontations were the latest violence in a summer of protests that have shaken the city’s government and residents. HONG KONG - Police in Hong Kong drew their guns Sunday night after a small group of protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and used tear gas to clear pro-democracy demonstrators who had taken over a street. ![]()
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