HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Monday (Nov 18) warned for the first time that they may use 'live rounds' after pro-democracy protesters fired ...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Monday warned for the first time that they may use"live rounds" after pro-democracy protesters fired arrows and threw petrol bombs at officers at a beseiged university campus, as the crisis engulfing the city veered deeper into danger.
Clashes rolled across Kowloon, with the epicentre around the Hong Kong Polytechnic University , where scores of defiant demonstrators set large fires to prevent police from conducting a threatened raid on the campus. "If they continue such dangerous actions, we would have no choice but to use the minimum force necessary, including live rounds, to fire back."
"We need a base to keep our gear and have some rest at night before another fight in the morning," another called Kason, 23, told AFP. Demonstrators last week engineered a"Blossom Everywhere" campaign of blockades and vandalism, which forced the police to draft in prison officers as reinforcements, shut down large chunks of Hong Kong's train network and close schools and shopping malls.
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