The Guardian view on violence in Hong Kong: an attack on the idea of democracy | Editorial

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Editorial: Criminals may have launched the bloody assaults on rail passengers, but the incident is more likely to inflame than quell the anger at authorities

We are very unlikely to find out who arranged for thugs to rampage through a Hong Kong train station, armed with wooden sticks and metal rods, hospitalising 45 peaceful passengers. Yet if their approach was indiscriminate, their target was clear – protesters returning from an anti-government march – and their purpose equally plain: intimidation.

 

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