Many young people detained after a series of intense collisions around Hong Kong University

A lot of youth detention in the vicinity of Hong Kong University around November 18, 19:06

In Hong Kong, where protests continue, many young people were detained in the vicinity of the university where young people were standing, and a series of intense clashes with the police. However, there are more than 500 young people on the campus, and tensions continue.

In Hong Kong, where protests continue, the government and the police have been repelled recently, and radical young people are doing extreme acts such as throwing flame bottles. Since last week, we have been strengthening the enforcement of the university because it is obstructing surrounding traffic.

As a result, Hong Kong Zhongwen University in the suburbs no longer had demonstrators, but at Hong Kong Polytechnic University near the downtown area of ​​Kowloon Peninsula, young people gathered on the campus and continued to stand up.

There is a main road that leads to the tunnel connecting Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island next to the university, and it is impossible to pass due to obstruction of demonstrators, etc., so the police strengthened the control over the University of Science and Technology from 17th And there were intense clashes around it.

Under such circumstances, on the 18th in the downtown area around the university, you can see the youths laying bricks on the main street where many tourists visit, blocking the road, and firefighters dispatching and removing obstacles. It was.

In addition, many young people were detained in the vicinity of the university, forcing police to evacuate the demonstrators by dispatching water cannons and armored vehicles and firing teardrops.

However, according to what the Hong Kong media reported as a representative of a university student, there is still tension between 500 and 600 young people on the campus.

Many young people standing on campus

In Hong Kong, from the 11th of this month, three days after the first death in a series of protests, the government and police have been called for traffic jams to protest, and the trunk line adjacent to several universities such as Hong Kong Polytechnic University On the roads, young people were prevented from passing by throwing obstacles.

As a result, the police set out to force exclusion, and many young people began to stand up on the premises.

Near Hong Kong Polytechnic University, there is a main road that leads to a tunnel connecting Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island. It is.

According to the person who entered the campus on the 17th, a lot of flame bottles and bows and arrows were stored, and food and water were received from citizens.

Also, it seems that there are people who have been injured in the past collisions, but many have been treated on the premises.

Hong Kong Zhongwen University where there was a fierce clash with the police continued to stand up until the night of 15th of this month, but Hong Kong Polytechnic University where young people remained on the premises was close to the downtown area and it was easy for young people other than students to go in and out In the situation, it seems that many young people who continue to repel due to extreme acts gathered.

Citizen "Why in this situation"

In the downtown area of ​​the Kowloon Peninsula, close to where the youth and the police collided, many people were working at work as usual on the 18th.

Among them, a woman in her 30s said, “It's very sad. Why did Hong Kong become such a situation? I can't criticize the protesters because I think they are doing it for the future.” I was talking.

In addition, a man in his 50s said, “It is very inconvenient. I want you to solve it in a better way without violence.”

University student in Nagoya testifying the tension

As the clashes between the demonstrators and the police intensify at a university in Hong Kong, students from Nagoya City who had studied abroad urgently returned to Japan, and went through the narrow gaps of the barricade occupied by the demonstrators. I testified of the tense situation when I escaped.

Six students from Nanzan University in Nagoya City who were studying at Hong Kong Chubun University returned to Japan on the night of the 15th last week due to clashes with the demonstrators and the police.

The videos and photos taken by the students who returned home show that the police teardrops were shot into the university grounds on the afternoon of the 12th and the youth escaped and something was on fire.

The students shared information on escape routes among Japanese students on the afternoon of the 14th while the demonstrators were blocking the road leading to the university grounds, and the students were able to pass through the gaps where one person in the barricade could pass. I escaped from the campus and headed to the airport.

One of the three female students who responded to NHK's coverage at Chubu Airport, which returned to Japan, said, “I was waiting in the dormitory until then, but I was out and witnessed the demonstration site. talked.
On top of that, he said, “Unfortunately, we will give up studying in the middle of the course, but there are some reliefs when we come back.”

Another student said, “When I left the barricade, the demonstrators protected overseas students. I had a home, but they felt painful that they had to fight.” I looked back on my feelings.
On top of that, this student said, “I also touched the warmth of the people in Hong Kong and came close to the opinions of the students participating in the demonstration. “I think I ’ve been able to do a little more, and I have the strongest feelings that I ca n’t do.”