Hong Kong police shoot protesters as flashmobs target rush hourHong Kong police shot protesters on Monday in the latest escalation in the city's political crisis. HONG KONG: A Hong Kong police officer shot at masked protesters on Monday morning, hitting at least two, as anger sparked by the recent death of a student spilled into the rush hour commute. The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Shue Yan University said they were canceling classes today. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University and the Education University of Hong Kong also stopped classes today, according to local media reports. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology said it was cancelling classes after many sites on campus were hit by “mass-scale malicious vandalism” on Friday.

Source: Bangkok Post November 11, 2019 02:47 UTC