Hong Kong descended into all-out chaos today, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at rioting protesters
Hong Kong descended into all-out chaos on Wednesday, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at rioting protesters, as tens of thousands surrounded the city’s administrative center to block lawmakers from debating the government’s highly divisive extradition bill.
More than 70 people were injured in the clashes, including protesters, police officers and journalists.Sign Up The violence prompted Legco president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, who had set the stage for the bill to be passed by the pro-establishment majority in the legislature as early as next Thursday, to cancel Wednesday’s scheduled second reading.
“Some people resorted to dangerous, or even potentially fatal, acts. These include arson, using sharpened iron bars and hurling bricks to attack police officers, as well as destroying public facilities.”
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