Hong Kong authorities said protester violence has been escalating. The Hong Kong government said the legislation, since withdrawn, was in response to a brutal murder of a young Hong Kong woman by her boyfriend in Taiwan. “We came here to protect the mosque against protesters, but it was the police that did this. “Why make such a scene when it was just peaceful?”ADNawaz, a 36-year-old Pakistani man who has lived in Hong Kong for 25 years, emerged to see the blue-stained road after the cannon had sped past. Police use of force has emerged as a key complaint for many in Hong Kong, who say officers are acting with impunity to suppress the movement.

Source: Washington Post October 20, 2019 08:06 UTC