Pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong wounded in a knife attack, the latest tit-for-tat political violence to break out in a city engulfed by seething anti-Beijing protests
Police detain a protester outside the Science Museum in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong on November 5, 2019 during a rally to mark the one-month anniversary of the local government banning face coverings at rallies.
Junius Ho has become a hated figure among the protesters over perceived links to violence against them. The government condemned the attack and said police arrested the assailant. Ho, his assistant and the attacker were hospitalised, said a police official who requested anonymity because he wasn't authorised to make statements.
The attack marked a dark turn in the protests that began in early June, and demonstrators have accused police of being slow to respond or even colluding with the attackers. Police later said members of triad gangs, a branch of organised crime, were involved in the attack. Ho was seen shaking hands with some of the attackers that night.
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