Fights Break Out As Hong Kong’s Polarisation Deepens.
Police detain a young man after fights broke out between pro-China supporters and anti-government protesters at Amoy Plaza in the Kowloon Bay district in Hong Kong on September 14, 2019./ AFPFights erupted in Hong Kong on Saturday with political rivals trading blows in a mall and Beijing supporters using Chinese flags to assault opponents on a street, deepening the city’s polarisation after months of pro-democracy protests.
Fights have begun breaking out with increased frequency after pro-democracy supporters began holding impromptu singalongs of a popular protest anthem — and as pro-Beijing supporters have held rival gatherings to sing China’s national anthem.In the district of Fortress Hill on Saturday a group of men, many waving Chinese flags and wearing blue t-shirts declaring “I love HK police”, attacked people perceived to be pro-democracy protesters.
An AFP photographer on scene said some two hundred people had gathered to wave Chinese flags and sing the national anthem.Violence erupted after pro-democracy supporters arrived on the scene with several people on both sides visibly bloodied and bruised.Some young pro-democracy supporters were seen being detained outside and inside the mall by police.
An attack by pro-government men with sticks in the town of Yuen Long in July which left more than 40 people hospitalised sent anger soaring after police were accused to taking too long to get to the incident and failing to arrest the aggressors on site.
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