Clashes erupt between police and Hong Kong protesters
- 9 years ago
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)
Thousands of pro-democracy activists clashed with police in running scuffles in the gritty district of Mong Kok early on Saturday (November 29) in a bid to reclaim part of one of the largest and most volatile protest sites in Hong Kong.
After hours of tense face-offs, with police showing relative restraint at first, hundreds of riot police baton-charged the crowds with shields, pepper spraying and wrestling a string of protesters to the ground in chaotic scenes.
Several bands comprised of hundreds of protesters, some of whom pelted police with eggs and bottled water, retreated but regrouped swiftly in other spots, stoked on rather than cowed by the clampdown.
Many rushed to lay fresh barricades across roads amid a wail of sirens and loud chants for "real full democracy".
The fresh tensions will be a set-back for authorities who have struggled for months to find a resolution to the most serious governance crisis to be faced
Thousands of pro-democracy activists clashed with police in running scuffles in the gritty district of Mong Kok early on Saturday (November 29) in a bid to reclaim part of one of the largest and most volatile protest sites in Hong Kong.
After hours of tense face-offs, with police showing relative restraint at first, hundreds of riot police baton-charged the crowds with shields, pepper spraying and wrestling a string of protesters to the ground in chaotic scenes.
Several bands comprised of hundreds of protesters, some of whom pelted police with eggs and bottled water, retreated but regrouped swiftly in other spots, stoked on rather than cowed by the clampdown.
Many rushed to lay fresh barricades across roads amid a wail of sirens and loud chants for "real full democracy".
The fresh tensions will be a set-back for authorities who have struggled for months to find a resolution to the most serious governance crisis to be faced