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Hong Kong Police Storm Into University After Violent Standoff With Student "Rioters"

• Zero Hedge - Tyler Durden

Update 3: So it begins:

HONG KONG POLICE STORM INTO UNIVERSITY AFTER STANDOFF, AP SAYS

As the AP reports, local police charged demonstrators at Hong Kong Polytechnic University early Monday in a bid to end a lengthy standoff with protesters who had occupied the campus for a week, even though the local police later denied they had, in fact, raided the campus.

As the WSJ adds, pro-democracy activists who had spent the night at barricades outside retreated inside the university, while those already inside campus buildings hurled Molotov cocktails and bricks at elite and riot police, who stormed the campus through the main entrance.

Several protesters had been perched on higher floors and used a large slingshot to launch Molotov cocktails. The entryway and areas around the university's perimeter were quickly engulfed in flames. One protester shown on live-streamed video from the site fired an arrow at the officers. Police appeared to arrest a small number of demonstrators as they advanced, but it was unclear how many students remained inside.

As noted earlier in the day, police had warned they would open fire using live rounds on protesters using Molotov cocktails to attack officers, as water-cannon streams, tear gas and nonlethal projectiles failed to budge defiant demonstrators, who have occupied a university for a week.


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