Protesters and police prepare for a likely showdown in central Hong Kong, one day after clashes led to 11 arrests and left at least two dozen injured in an outlying district.
Riot police stand behind shields as they face off protesters in Yuen Long district in Hong Kong on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Police in Hong Kong used tear gas against protesters Saturday who defied authorities' warnings not to march in a neighborhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a commuter rail station.
Police have denied a request from protest organizers to march about 2 kilometers west to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park, but at least some of the demonstrators may still try to push forward. In denying the march, police cited escalating violence in clashes with protesters that have broken out after past marches and rallies.
Protesters and police faced off in the streets well into the night, as they’ve done repeatedly during the summer’s pro-democracy protests. Later, police wearing helmets charged into the train station where a few hundred protesters had taken refuge from the tear gas. Some officers swung their batons at demonstrators, while others appeared to be urging their colleagues to hang back. For the second week in a row, blood was splattered on the station floor.
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