Violence brings Hong Kong to 'brink of total breakdown': police via clarejim JessiePang0125
HONG KONG - Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Tuesday in the heart of the Central financial district and at two university campuses to break up pro-democracy protests which they said were bringing the Chinese-ruled city to the “brink of total breakdown”.
He said masked “rioters” had committed “insane” acts, such as throwing trash, bicycles and other debris onto metro tracks and overhead power lines, paralysing the transport system. Streets inside and outside the Chinese University campus entrance were littered with bricks, other debris and small street fires as police tackled some protesters to the ground.The university said some people had broken into a storeroom and taken bows, arrows and javelins that were later retrieved.
Police also fired tear gas in the nearby new town of Tai Po, where protesters took shelter on the street behind umbrellas.
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