First aiders provide treatment to an injured person during clashes at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China November 18, 2019. — Reuters pic
Police threatened to fire live bullets if “rioters” did not stop using lethal weapons in the latest flare-up in anti-government protests that have convulsed the Chinese-ruled city for five months. “If we can only hold on till dawn, more might come,” said one young activist in the university who was close to exhaustion.
“The protesters have been reacting to the police,” said Joris, 23, a civil engineer who like others did not give his full name. “We haven't fought back as much as we could. I would be prepared for jail. We are fighting for Hong Kong.”'Trapped here' An armoured police vehicle that was set ablaze by petrol bombs in Sunday's violence was towed away early today.Former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said in a statement: “Hong Kong's Chief Executive has the responsibility to do everything possible to prevent a massacre. She must order the police to use restraint.”
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