A Hong Kong police officer was shot with an arrow during the siege of a fortified central university campus, a new escalation after nearly six months of demonstrations
Hundreds of protesters with bricks, petrol bombs and makeshift barricades are holding off riot police on roads surrounding the campus in the city's Hung Hom district, just across Victoria Harbor from Hong Kong Island. The authorities have responded with tear gas and water cannons in skirmishes that heated up Sunday afternoon.
Universities are new battleground in Hong Kong protests 02:42When the government suspended but didn't withdraw the bill, the movement's focus quickly expanded to focus on complaints of police brutality and wider calls for democracy.The protests took a turn in early November after the protest-related death of a 22-year-old student, the first since the demonstrations began.
Hong Kong firefighters get caught up in clashes 04:19Protests escalateWith the both the government and the protesters refusing to back down, there is no immediate end in sight to the Hong Kong demonstrations.Showing his dissatisfaction with the situation, Chinese President Xi Jinping made rare public comments on the demonstrations Thursday.
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