During the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, protesters have used a range of weapons to hold off riot police: At the fortified campus, CNN saw how protesters used a makeshift bamboo catapult to slingshot petrol bombs at police lines.
Analysis: Everything is speeding up, and no one knows how bad it's going to getAfter months of it feeling like the Hong Kong protests were almost settling into if not a lull, then at least some kind of routine, the last week has been nothing but escalation.
This week shows no signs of slowing down. Today has already seen dramatic clashes at Polytechnic University, where a siege of the campus is still ongoing and police are cracking down on all those who leave, even as protests spring up elsewhere across the city in an attempt to relieve the pressure. Both sides seem to be preparing for greater violence, with protesters making Molotov cocktails filled with a napalm-like substance and even apparently setting explosive booby traps on the PolyU campus. Meanwhile police have deployed snipers and officers could be seen patrolling with assault rifles after the force said it may use live rounds if the dispute continues.
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