Hong Kong’s weekends of hell
Protests in Hong Kong are no longer the same, as the city has plunged from constructive rallies to violent clashes between mobs and cops
1mn people march towards the government headquarters in protest against the proposed bill 2mn protesters urge Carrie Lam to scrap the bill and step down
Protesters apply pressure on police. They blockade the police HQ for 15 hours
After a tense weekend, on July 1, the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover from the UK to China, the Legislative Council building was stormed
Protesters deface China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong. Mobs armed with poles attack commuters in Yuen Long underground station
Headaches grew for the administration from Friday onwards after thousands of civil servants joined the anti-gt
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Riot police are forced to storm railway stations taken over by protesters. On Monday, protesters swarmed the airport, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations
Friday onwards, thousands lined key streets, forming human chains, causing a transport breakdown across the city
Mobs clash with cops, they set fires, hurl Molotov cocktails and throw bricks at police. They also set up bricks as roadblocks
Clashes break out around most of the Mass Transport Railway (MTR) stations. Over 10,000 people march to the US consulate
Several thousand protesters swarm prominent shopping malls in Kowloon and New Territories
Protesters openly flout face mask ban. Flash mobs shine laser lights on PLA garrison, anger China
Mobs vandalise China’s Xinhua news agency building, smashing doors, setting fires and throwing paint to deface the exterior
Protesters turn five university campuses into new bases as they confront riot police with makeshift weapons – like flaming arrows, giant catapults, bricks for roadblocks and spikes for deflating police car tyres