In Hong Kong, the enamelled manifestation of violence

The images show the violence of the manifestation of the day. On Saturday, Hong Kong was the scene of some of the most violent clashes since the beginning of the protest movement born three months ago. Molotov cocktails, barricades on fire, tear gas and water cannons, protesters and police opposed while the Hong Kong authorities had banned the rally. Some protesters even set fire to a barricade in the central Wanchai district, a few dozen meters from police headquarters, where a graffiti proclaimed, "Give me freedom or give me death." Videos show how some police officers sued some protesters on the subway, spraying them with pepper spray. According to the authorities, 31 people were hospitalized for injuries, five of them serious.

Hong Kong commuters were caught up in police violence after protesters. Read the latest on the protests: https://t.co/wk8kAnmdfEpic.twitter.com/qsV0EMi9aX

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On Sunday, protesters were trying to block access to the Hong Kong airport: they erected barricades at the bus terminal while others were conducting a snail operation on the highway, where some burned a Chinese flag, a strong gesture within the former British colony. The "Airport Express" service, the high-speed train connecting the airport to the city center, was interrupted and inside the airport, the protesters piled baggage carts and destroyed the cameras. monitoring. But for the moment, no disturbance has been noticed in the flights.

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