HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters clashed with riot police in the city’s upmarket business district and on university campuses Tuesday, extending one of the most violent stretches of unrest seen in more than five months of political chaos. At City University, protesters used a three-person slingshot to fire bricks at police from a footbridge. The protest movement has been fueled by Beijing’s tightening control over Hong Kong. China has repeatedly signaled that it would be prepared to send mainland security forces into Hong Kong. “This kind of hair-raising behaviour has caused terror and anxiety among the broader Hong Kong public,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters in Beijing.

Source: Manila Times November 12, 2019 10:57 UTC