Tear gas, petrol bombs return to HK protests

Bloomberg

Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who returned to the city streets for a rally that turned violent.
Protesters gathered outside Mong Kok police station in Kowloon and paralysed traffic, the Hong Kong government said in a statement.
The demonstrators threw petrol bombs and set fire to barricades, according to the statement.
Police used pepper spray and one officer drew a firearm in clashes with the protesters, the South China Morning Post reported. MTR Corp, operator of the city’s rail network, suspended service at the Mong Kok subway station after a fire broke out at one of the entrances, Radio Television Hong Kong reported.

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