Masked men dressed in white attack Hong Kong anti-government protesters inside MTR station HongKongProtests
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A live Facebook broadcast by local news outlet Stand News showed the men charge into a crowd of protesters in Yuen Long, a district in the city's northwest, close to the border with China. The violence then spread onto a crowded train at a platform, with the people in white seen boarding the train and attacking those on board with sticks and batons and throwing items at them from the platform.
Late in the evening, thousands defied police orders and marched beyond the official end-point of the rally as they made their way toward the Liaison Office, in a direct challenge to authorities in Beijing."ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE" "Meanwhile in Yuen Long, some people congregated at the platforms of the MTR station and train compartments, attacking commuters," said the statement."It led to confrontations and injuries."
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