Hong Kong police officer hit by arrow as protesters dig in at campu
1 / 6Police tried to retake a footbridge over a tunnel in Hong Kong but were met by a barrage of petrol bombs that caused a huge firePolice tried to retake a footbridge over a tunnel in Hong Kong but were met by a barrage of petrol bombs that caused a huge fire A police officer was struck by an arrow fired by a Hong Kong protester on Sunday and an armoured vehicle set ablaze, as fierce clashes raged into the night around a campus which has turned into a base for a pro-democracy movement whose...
On Sunday activists dug in at Hong Kong Polytechnic University vowing to defend it from police and to maintain a blockade on the nearby Cross Harbour Tunnel, which has been closed for several days. "We need a base to keep our gear and have some rest at night before another fight in the morning," said a 23-year-old PolyU student called Kason.
Story continuesActivists have vowed to wreak further havoc on Monday, in a follow-up to a week of chaos which left city streets strewn with debris and saw white-collar workers take to the streets in support of the frontline protesters.Demonstrators last week engineered a"Blossom Everywhere" campaign of blockades and vandalism, which forced the police to draft in prison officers, shut down large chunks of Hong Kong's train network and closed schools and shopping malls.
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