Hong Kong police threaten demonstrators and confused August 26, 12:29
On the 25th in Hong Kong, where protests continue, some of the protesters collided again, and the police fired a handgun for menace for the first time in a series of protests. The local media has reported a great deal of fire, raising concerns about escalating violence in the future.
In Hong Kong, protests against the government and police have continued for two and a half months over a draft amendment to the ordinance that will allow the suspects to be handed over to mainland China.
In the protests that took place on the 25th, six police officers threatened with a pistol at the demonstrators, as part of the demonstrators became radical at night and the collisions were intense, such as attacking police cars with iron pipes. did.
And one of them, for the first time in a series of protests, fired one pistol and aimed at the sky.
There were no injuries caused by the fire, and the police explained at an interview before dawn on the 26th that “it was an unavoidable and rational means in a dangerous situation where life was threatened.”
The Hong Kong newspapers on the 26th, along with pictures of police officers pointing their pistols at the demonstrators, told them about the fire, indicating their concerns about escalating violence in the future.
On the 25th, the Hong Kong government's top secretary, Moon Moon Rin, posted a new facebook on Facebook and called for dialogue with the citizens, but the protest participants were further rebelling against the threat of fire by the police, The confusion is deepening.