HONG KONG: Hong Kong riot cops fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters who retaliated with a barrage of stones, bottles and bamboo poles on Saturday.
Riot police detain a protester at Kowloon Bay in Hong Kong on August 24, 2019, as a standoff descended into violence in the latest opposition to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city.
Tears gas swept across the road as protesters retreated, leaving a trail of broken bottles and at least one small fire in their wake.Hong Kong’s police force have become the target of the protesters’ ire for their perceived heavy-handed response to the months of demonstrations. But tension rippled across Saturday’s march, where a number of frontline radical demonstrators known as “braves” had gathered.
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