The Hong Kong crisis returns to violent confrontations

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Fernando Cheung appeared in the middle of the afternoon near the Ngau Tau Kok police station when the altercations had already spread around.

The legislator is part of a small group of members of parliament who have been attending each of the opposition's demonstrations for weeks in an attempt - often vain, as it happened today - to contain the passions of the youngest and curb the reply violent agents.

"It was predictable. The last peaceful demonstrations have not had any response from the government and that has exacerbated the spirits," he said as he watched dozens of young people running away from a new onslaught of the police.

It was 5 in the afternoon, and the streets of the Kwun Tong district again plunged into a succession of clashes between thousands of protesters and police forces, who turned to tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse opponents.

The incidents, which lasted for hours, left several minor injuries and led to the return of the crisis to its most bitter phase, after 10 days without violent sets. In fact, protesters came to attack the police with at least 2 Molotov cocktails, a rather unusual gesture in this city.

The intention of opponents of the local government, an ally of Beijing, was to concentrate on this industrial neighborhood in northeast Hong Kong.

The local metro company (MTR), which in recent days has been accused by the Chinese propaganda media of "collusion" with the activists, decided to close all the surrounding stations which did not prevent thousands of people from reaching the place by bus or walking.

According to Cheung, the MTR decision "helped to aggravate the situation since the protesters have assumed it as a provocation . In addition, they cannot leave and that is why they continue to face the police."

"Beijing is using all its resources and all the traitors it has infiltrated in our city," said a kid embozado with a black handkerchief, helmet and all the paraphernalia that opponents usually carry.

The activists blocked the access to the police base with barricades made of metal fences, bamboo sticks and plastic blocks, before the agents decided to launch their first load.

The clashes ended up moving to a nearby mall, where hundreds of pedestrians were trapped in the midst of sudden chaos. Many went to the movies or were shopping, when they were surrounded by hundreds of kids and police firing tear gas inside the complex.

"This is a residential area. Are you crazy?" Shouted one of the residents of the area to the uniformed.

The behavior of the security forces has created a huge gap with a broad sector of society. Activists dedicate more vexatious messages to them every day, reflecting their animosity.

This time they decorated the walls with graffiti where they were equated with the Gestapo of Nazi Germany or simply said "Fuck the 'popo'! (The agents' nickname)".

"Mobsters, mobsters!", They also yelled at them previously.

At nightfall, the rifirrafe was reproduced in other areas of the city, where opponents continued to cut roads.

"We gave them a break to see if the peaceful marches were of any use. We already see that no," said a boy who did not want to be identified.

"This crisis is going to last beyond the (local) November elections. It is a spiral without control," Fernando Cheung argued.

During the day it was learned that Beijing has released the British consulate official in Hong Kong who had detained in the neighboring Chinese city of Shenzhen more than 15 days ago. The authorities of the Chinese Communist Party argue that the protests in this town are promoted by foreign countries, especially the US.

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