Protesters set off fire extinguishers, piled luggage trolleys into makeshift road barricades and smashed surveillance cameras. FMTNews
An airline crew member makes his way through a barricade set up by protesters at Hong Kong International Airport.
Hong Kong police said they were poised to launch a “dispersal operation”, and in a Facebook post warned protesters to leave the airport area “immediately”. But protesters have routinely ignored legal moves to ban their actions since the anti-government movement sprang to life three months ago. “I’m really, really tired. I think many Hong Kong people had a sleepless night yesterday,” said 18-year-old student protester called May.Hardcore demonstrators Saturday hurled petrol bombs at government buildings and police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon laced with chemical dye before making mass arrests inside the city’s underground metro stations.
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