Diehards hold out at Hong Kong campus as foreign pressure grows

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Exhausted bands of youths continued to wander the campus, preparing Molotov cocktails while others slept on a gym floor.

Dozens of pro-democracy protesters remained holed up inside a besieged Hong Kong university campus for a fourth straight day on Wednesday as supporters took up online calls to disrupt the city’s train network in a bid to distract police.

Millions of angry citizens hit the streets in a movement that quickly snowballed into wider calls for free elections and an inquiry into alleged police brutality, demands that Hong Kong’s Beijing-appointed leaders have rebuffed. “But… it’s very dangerous, because when you use the bow, the police must shoot you, with some unknown bullets. Maybe real bullets.”

While acknowledging the “deep-seated grievances” of protesters, he also condemned the “extreme violence” used by some demonstrators and called on authorities to seek a peaceful resolution.

 

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