Hong Kong police arrest at least 180 rioters, several officers injured

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong police said they arrested at least 180 people on early Monday morning (May 5) as a large number of rioters took part in unlawful assemblies and committed violent acts on Hong Kong Island, leaving several police officers and passers-by injured. reports Xinhua.

A woman gestures her support for the police on Monday morning as they stand guard after a pro-democracy rally against a proposed new security law in Hong Kong on May 24. Police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters who gathered on May 24 against a controversial security law proposed by China, in the most intense clashes in months.- AFP

At a flyover in Causeway Bay, rioters hurled a large amount of stones, hard objects and unknown fluid at police officers. At least four media liaison officers on duty were injured. An online video showed a woman who was removing road barricades built by rioters was knocked to the ground, surrounded and beaten up by several rioters with long sticks.

Up to 9.30pm local time, at least 180 people had been arrested, mainly for offences like participating in unauthorised assembly, unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct in a public place.

 

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