Hong Kong protestors hurl petrol bombs, in latest confrontation

Hong Kong police and protesters exchanged tear gas and petrol bombs as an illegal anti-government march that attracted tens of thousands descended into chaos, with hundreds of shops trashed and Chinese banks and metro stations targeted.  

After two weeks of relative calm, the major rally showed that the pro-democracy campaign has not lost support.   

Protestors threw petrol bombs at the Tsim Sha Tsui police station on Kowloon peninsula after police inside fired volleys of tear gas to disperse demonstrators on the street.  

Other black-clad protesters erected fiery barriers on Nathan Road, a major retail strip in the Kowloon district, as scores of riot police with shields marched towards them.   

Police used several water cannon trucks to disperse protesters, spraying jets of blue dye into the crowds and sending hundreds fleeing. Police have used the blue dye to identify protesters. It was the heaviest use of water cannons by police and many people hit with the water developed coughs, suggesting an irritant may be mixed with the water.  

As riot police advanced, protestors fell back to their next barricade, unlike past rallies when they stood and clashed with police by throwing petrol bombs and bricks. Along the march route metro stations were trashed. Several Chinese banks were targeted.  

By nightfall protestors had set fire to numerous road barriers and trashed shops in several Kowloon districts, said police.   

Police detonated what they said was an explosive device that was left in the middle of a street.Hong Kong, 
(Daily Mail), 21 Oct 2019