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Police report arson attacks, vandalism overnight in Hong Kong

  • 12 Dec 2019
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Protestors attend a rally to mark International Human Rights Day in Hong Kong, China on Tuesday. Danish Siddiqui/ Reuters

Hong Kong police said they arrested three people in connection with arson and vandalism in Kowloon late on Wednesday.

In a news release on Thursday morning, the police said three people - a 15-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy and a 29-year-old man - were arrested in connection with vandalising public buses. A fourth person escaped, police said.

According to police reports the four boarded buses, pressed the emergency buttons, then began smashing windows with hammers.

Police also said they received reports that five people threw petrol bombs at a Japanese restaurant on the street level of a shopping mall in Cheung Sha Wan. There were no reported injuries.

Police said several other people started a fire at a street junction in Mong Kok, an area that has regularly been the site of violent clashes between protesters and police during more than six months of social unrest in the Chinese-ruled city.

Reuters

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