Hong Kong police warned they would open fire after some protesters used Molotov cocktails to attack officers
HONG KONG—Police warned they would open fire on protesters using Molotov cocktails to attack officers, as water-cannon streams, tear gas and nonlethal projectiles failed to budge defiant demonstrators, who have occupied a university for a week, during a 16-hour siege.
Groups of black-clad protesters hunkered under umbrellas late Sunday, with some hurling Molotov cocktails and bricks at police in response to their salvos. Earlier, a police officer was shot in the leg with an arrow and an armored police car was set ablaze as...
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