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26 arrests after violent clashes in Hong Kong

International Desk |
Update: 2014-10-18 04:14:00
26 arrests after violent clashes in Hong Kong Photo Courtesy: The Straits Times

DHAKA: Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong clashed violently with police on Saturday as they reoccupied a protest camp mostly cleared the previous day, leading to multiple arrests and jeopardizing government talks aimed at ending a political stalemate.

The police charged protesters using raised umbrellas for protection against pepper spray and batons on a busy main road in the bustling Mong Kok district, but were forced into a partial retreat as the sun began to rise, to cheers from the crowd.

Activists rushed to rebuild makeshift barricades in an area police had opened to traffic 24 hours earlier, while thousands of others staged a sit-in at the protest camp that has existed for nearly three weeks, according to a media reporter at the scene.

The Hong Kong police said in a statement released early on Saturday they had made 26 arrests in confrontations with a crowd that had swelled to 9,000 people by 3am local time, with 15 officers sustaining injuries in the commotion.

BDST: 1252 HRS, OCT 18, 2014

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