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Update: Hong Kong Police Clash with Protesters

NFK Editors - June 12, 2019

This article is an update to the story: Over a Million Protest New Hong Kong Law.

On Wednesday, June 12, Protesters again filled Hong Kong’s streets, slowing traffic and blocking roads. But the protests were not nearly so peaceful.

Police fired pepper spray, tear gas, and rubber bullets at the protesters. Protesters threw water bottles, umbrellas, and bricks at the police. Many protesters were beaten and arrested.

Hong Kong protesters demonstrating against the government's China extradition bill. Protesters fill the streets on Harcourt Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong at 13:30 on 12 June 2019, adjacent to the Central Government Complex.
Protesters again filled Hong Kong’s streets, slowing traffic and blocking roads on Wednesday, June 12. But the protests were not nearly so peaceful. Police fired pepper spray, tear gas, and rubber bullets at the protesters. Protesters threw water bottles, umbrellas, and bricks at the police.
(Source: Citobun [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.)

Protesters blocked off an important government building, delaying discussion of the bill. A vote on the bill is planned for June 20.

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