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The Hong Kong Police warned on Sunday that they could use real ammunition against entrenched protesters on the Polytechnic University campus in case they do not stop throwing Molotov cocktails and other objects against the agents.
"If they don't stop attacking the police with lethal weapons, the agents will have no choice but to use minimal force, including real ammunition in response," the body said in a video posted on the social network Facebook.
Armored police vans have surrounded protesters tonight in the vicinity of the aforementioned university. Throughout the day, law enforcement officials have used tear gas and water cannons today from which they fired blue ink in order to more easily identify activists.
According to local press, dozens of people have been arrested in the vicinity of the university campus after the pitched battle.
On the other hand, in another video, a spokesman for the body confirmed that around 11 p.m. (3 p.m. GMT), a police officer fired live ammunition against a car that intentionally accelerated against a group of agents on nearby Austin Street. The vehicle fled the scene, according to police.
The body says that the protesters are getting closer to "terrorism" and that they have built an "armament factory" at the aforementioned university: today he was able to make students Molotov cocktails inside the center and launch them from the rooftops.
They also threw arrows, umbrellas, metal balls and bricks at the agents , police said in a statement.
An agent was hit by an arrow in the lower part of his leg after a pitched battle broke out between the protesters and the Police in front of the Polytechnic University campus. The policeman was sent to a nearby hospital.
Serious clashes
In addition, they caused explosions near the Cross-Harbor tunnel, which links Kowloon with the island of Hong Kong and adjacent to this university, by using flammable material that could come from the university's laboratories, reports South China Morning Post.
An armored police vehicle was attacked by activists and ended up in flames.
The plan of the Hong Kong authorities to reopen the tunnel today resulted in serious new clashes between police and protesters, who plan to continue their strike tomorrow, Monday.
The continuous confrontations on campus also caused several universities to announce on Thursday that they ended the semester ahead of time before the protests continued.
Likewise, the educational authorities announced today the cancellation of the primary and secondary classes.
On Monday, the day on which the strike that triggered the current crisis began, a 21-year-old was shot by a traffic policeman and protesters set fire to a 57-year-old man who had argued with them and affected their behavior. .
Monday's strike left a total of 128 wounded and 287 detained, of which more than 60% were students, according to police.
The demonstrations in Hong Kong began in June following a controversial extradition bill, already withdrawn by the Government, but they have mutated to become a movement that seeks to improve Hong Kong's democratic mechanisms and an opposition to each increasing interference from Beijing.
However, some protesters have opted for more radical tactics than peaceful protest and violent clashes with the Police have become habitual
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