Hong Kong police say homemade remote-controlled explosive device intended to 'kill or to harm' police officers was detonated during violent protests.
A homemade, remote-controlled bomb intended to"kill or to harm" riot control officers was detonated as they deployed against renewed violence in Hong Kong over the weekend, police said Monday, in a further escalation of destructive street battles gripping the business hub.
But despite spiraling violence, widespread vandalism and gasoline-bomb attacks by black-clad hardcore protesters, and repeated government appeals for people not to take their side, the protest movement is still rousing determined support from more moderate demonstrators, broadly worried about the future of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory and its freedoms, unique in China.
A banner where speakers whipped up the crowd appealed for President Donald Trump to"liberate Hong Kong." Another read,"Make Hong Kong great again." "If members of the public continue to remain silent and condone and tolerate such behavior they will go from bad to worse," he said."Please cut ties with these criminals and rioters."
He held up a photo taken from a police vehicle dash-cam that showed a blurry spot of light, circled in yellow on the picture. Switching tactics, small groups of hardcore protesters wreaked havoc by popping up Sunday in multiple locations across the city, overwhelming the fanned-out police deployment. Violence stretched into the night.
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