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A total of 29 people were arrested in the city of Hong Kong after having participated in a pro-democratic march this Saturday in which violent episodes happened , as reported by the city police in a statement on Sunday morning.

The first day of the twelfth consecutive weekend of protests resulted in the arrest of 19 men and 10 women, aged 17 to 52, for crimes such as illegal gathering, possession of offensive weapons and assault on police officers.

"Some radical protesters deviated from the original route and obstructed the roads, damaged the street lamps and attacked police officers. The police strongly condemned the protesters' behaviors," the statement said.

One of the detainees is Ventus Lau, one of the organizers of the march that was authorized by the police, who was arrested for illegal assembly, his lawyer told Efe.

The city's hospital authority reported that at least 10 people were treated in public hospitals and that two are "in serious condition."

After 10 days of relative peace in the former British colony, tension returned to the streets on Saturday, when thousands of people demonstrated in Kwun Tong, a working-class area in eastern Kowloon.

According to police reports, a large group of protesters established roadblocks to paralyze traffic and "used electric saws to damage a series of smart light poles on Sheung Yuet Road, which poses a serious threat to the safety of people on the scene. and road users. "

Protesters, the note adds, also threw hard objects and gasoline bombs at police officers, causing damage to police vehicles and leg injuries to a journalist.

Before the events, the police carried out a dispersal operation in which he used "the appropriate force to stop the violent acts of the protesters."

The massive street protests, which are assuming the biggest political crisis in decades for the city, have been going on since early June, and some of them have ended in violent clashes between police and protesters.

Extradition law

When the protests began, citizens showed their rejection of an extradition bill presented by local authorities that would allow the delivery of suspects to jurisdictions without prior agreements such as mainland China, something that opponents of the text consider as the end of the judicial guarantees offered by the Hong Kong system.

However, the demonstrations have evolved in recent weeks towards broader demands on the democratic mechanisms of the city and towards the rejection of Beijing's growing influence on local affairs.

New marches are expected for this Sunday, especially in the Tsuen Wan area.

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