Protesters set fire to the entrance of a Hong Kong university to stop riot police from entering the campus, as a siege of the heavily fortified school entered its second day
Hong Kong Protesters set fire to the entrance of Hong Kong's Polytechnic University early Monday to stop riot police from entering the campus, as a siege of the heavily fortified university entered its second day.
As dawn broke across the city, an enormous black cloud of smoke from the blaze hung over Hong Kong's iconic skyline. Inside the university, hundreds of students remained barricaded inside the main building where they have been stockpiling weapons including bows and arrows, and refusing police demands to leave immediately.
Universities are new battleground in Hong Kong protests 02:42Saturday night, police attempted to clear the roads around Polytechnic University but were forced to back down after protesters started fires on the street and threw petrol bombs."They showed total disregard for the safety of everyone at scene," police said in a statement Sunday, confirming they tried to disperse the group using tear gas.
— Antony Dapiran November 17, 2019 Protests escalateWith the both the government and the protesters refusing to back down, there is no immediate end in sight to the Hong Kong demonstrations.Showing his dissatisfaction with the situation, Chinese President Xi Jinping made rare public comments on the demonstrations Thursday.
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