Here we go again ... Lunar New Year 2016 HK Riots
Hong Kong police fire warning shots during Mong Kok fishball 'riot'
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/08/as...red/index.html
A government crackdown on illegal street food vendors turned violent in Hong Kong in the early hours of Tuesday morning, as riot police clashed with protesters in the shopping district of Mong Kok.
The disorder erupted following government officials' attempts to evict street vendors who were selling fishballs and other local delicacies during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Hong Kong riot police fire warning shots in bloody street clashes
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ho...-idUSKCN0VH28E
As many as 48 police were injured in the clashes, a police spokeswoman said. Hong Kong television showed police officers being beaten with poles and sticks as they lay on the ground.
Many protesters and police were also shown with blood streaming down their faces. The police spokeswoman also said 24 protesters were arrested.
Hong Kong police fire warning shots above crowds rioting about Lunar New Year hawker clearances
http://hongkong.coconuts.co/2016/02/...ker-clearances
Crusade Yau – the deputy Mong Kok district police commander with a name like a superhero – said the demonstrators seemed to be organised. “Radical elements have come with self-made weapons and shields and clashed with police,” Yau said. “The situation ran out of control and became a riot.”
Yes, THE Crusade Yau.
Hong Kong police fire warning shots during Mong Kok fishball 'riot'
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/08/as...red/index.html
A government crackdown on illegal street food vendors turned violent in Hong Kong in the early hours of Tuesday morning, as riot police clashed with protesters in the shopping district of Mong Kok.
The disorder erupted following government officials' attempts to evict street vendors who were selling fishballs and other local delicacies during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Hong Kong riot police fire warning shots in bloody street clashes
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ho...-idUSKCN0VH28E
As many as 48 police were injured in the clashes, a police spokeswoman said. Hong Kong television showed police officers being beaten with poles and sticks as they lay on the ground.
Many protesters and police were also shown with blood streaming down their faces. The police spokeswoman also said 24 protesters were arrested.
Hong Kong police fire warning shots above crowds rioting about Lunar New Year hawker clearances
http://hongkong.coconuts.co/2016/02/...ker-clearances
Crusade Yau – the deputy Mong Kok district police commander with a name like a superhero – said the demonstrators seemed to be organised. “Radical elements have come with self-made weapons and shields and clashed with police,” Yau said. “The situation ran out of control and became a riot.”
Yes, THE Crusade Yau.
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