Over a thousand Hong Kong school teachers braved thunderstorms on Saturday to st...
HONG KONG - Over a thousand Hong Kong school teachers braved thunderstorms on Saturday to start a weekend of anti-government demonstrations that some activists fear could see tougher police tactics on the city’s streets.
During the past week they have increasingly directed their frustrations toward police, who have responded with fiercer determination to clear them from the streets. Anti-government demonstrators were also expected to march through Kowloon districts popular with traders and tourists from mainland China.
Thousands of mostly young protesters forced a shutdown of flights at the city’s Chek Lap Kok international airport on Monday, disrupting flights until late Tuesday. The Airport Authority obtained an interim court injunction on Wednesday to restrain people from “unlawfully and wilfully obstructing” its operations.The increasingly violent confrontations have plunged one of Asia’s financial capitals into its worst crisis for decades.
Clashes became noticeably fiercer during the past week. Protesters have used slingshots to fire marbles at police, shone lasers at them and at times thrown bricks and firebombs.Having fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the streets, and at one point in a subway station, police are warning that they could get tougher.
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