HONG KONG, Nov 13 — Anti-government protesters dug in at several university campuses across Hong Kong yesterday, setting the stage for further confrontations as police said violence in the Chinese-ruled city had reached a “very dangerous and even deadly level.” Protesters — many of them...
Thursday, 14 Nov 2019 07:14 AM MYT
As night fell without more of the large on-campus clashes seen the previous day, protesters manning the barricades and checkpoints around the universities arranged to sleep in shifts to watch for any approaching police. Nearby, protesters also blocked the entrance to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel that links Hong Kong island to the Kowloon area, according to the city's Transport Department.
“A university is supposed to be a breeding ground for future leaders, but it became a battlefield for criminals and rioters,” Hong Kong police spokesman Tse Chun-chung told reporters.Police confirmed that they had evacuated a number of mainland Chinese university students from Hong Kong by boat, while Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said dozens of Taiwanese students were also due to leave the city due to safety concerns.
Hong Kong's Education Bureau said all schools would shut today. Several universities said they would be introducing online learning and other assessment methods for the remaining weeks of the term.
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