Police fired tear gas and water cannon as they attempted to storm a university in the early hours of Monday morning after 24 hours of violence that saw a group of protesters barricade themselves on campus and authorities block roads and exits. Hundreds of demonstrators were holed up at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where fires raged inside and outside campus and barricades had been erected to stop the police advance. JG Tang, president of the university, said in a statement that he had negotiated a temporary ceasefire with the police to allow protesters to leave the campus if they refrained from using force. Read More...
Police fired tear gas and water cannon as they attempted to storm a university in the early hours of Monday morning after 24 hours of violence that saw a group of protesters barricade themselves on campus and authorities block roads and exits. Hundreds of demonstrators were holed up at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where fires raged inside and outside campus and barricades had been erected to stop the police advance. JG Tang, president of the university, said in a statement that he had negotiated a temporary ceasefire with the police to allow protesters to leave the campus if they refrained from using force.
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