Hong Kong authorities limit airport transport services and controlling access to terminals as they brace for a second weekend of disruption following overnight demonstrations that turned violent.
Riot police check passengers' bags at airport express central station in downtown Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Hong Kong authorities were limiting airport transport services and controlling access to terminals Saturday as they braced for a second weekend of disruption following overnight demonstrations that turned violent.
Police mounted road checks and inspected passengers on trains and buses heading to the airport in pre-emptive measures to weed out protesters. An Associated Press photographer at an area near the airport witnessed at least two bus passengers being handcuffed and taken away after police found face masks in their bags.
The airport rail link was suspended last weekend after protesters threw objects on the track, blocked roads near the airport with burning barricades and damaged a metro station. Last month, the airport was shut down for two days and hundreds of flights cancelled after protesters occupied the terminals, leading to violent clashes.
Violent erupted again late Friday in the crowded Kowloon area after police fired volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets as protesters smashed up metro stations and set fires on the street.
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