Tear gas and defiance in Hong Kong
- 10 years ago
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Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse pro-democracy protests on Sunday (September 28) and baton-charged a crowd blocking a key road in the government district in defiance of official warnings against illegal demonstrations.
Chaos had engulfed the city's Admiralty district as chanting protesters converged on police barricades surrounding more demonstrators who had earlier launched a "new era" of civil disobedience to pressure Beijing into granting full democracy.
Police, in lines five deep in places, and wearing helmets and gas masks, used pepper spray against activists and shot tear gas into the air. The crowds fled several hundred yards, scattering their umbrellas and hurling abuse at police "cowards".
The demonstrators regrouped and returned however, and by early evening tens of thousands of protesters were thronging streets, including outside the prominent Pacific Place shopping mall that leads towards the Ce
Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse pro-democracy protests on Sunday (September 28) and baton-charged a crowd blocking a key road in the government district in defiance of official warnings against illegal demonstrations.
Chaos had engulfed the city's Admiralty district as chanting protesters converged on police barricades surrounding more demonstrators who had earlier launched a "new era" of civil disobedience to pressure Beijing into granting full democracy.
Police, in lines five deep in places, and wearing helmets and gas masks, used pepper spray against activists and shot tear gas into the air. The crowds fled several hundred yards, scattering their umbrellas and hurling abuse at police "cowards".
The demonstrators regrouped and returned however, and by early evening tens of thousands of protesters were thronging streets, including outside the prominent Pacific Place shopping mall that leads towards the Ce