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Pro-democracy protests continue in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong – The siege of a major university in Hong Kong is now in its seventh day. Police on Saturday surrounded a small number of anti-government protesters holed up inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University, but say they won’t try to storm the campus again, following violence last weekend.
The standoff persists on the eve of local elections – the first public elections since the pro-democracy movement began, CBS News’ Ramy Inocencio reports.
It’s estimated only about 50 protesters are still barricaded inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University. About 1,000 protesters have been arrested or ID’d in the past week. Hong Kong’s police chief is now calling for a peaceful end, telling them to think of their families.
At the start of the week, police fired nearly 1,500 tear gas canisters, and anti-government protesters responded with firebombs for offense and barricades for defense.
Now the university is a near ghost-town, with its undefended road blocks and unlit Molotov cocktails. Some said that despite desperation and depression, they’re not leaving.
“So I will be here with my fellow protesters ’til the very last minute, ’til the very last minute,” said one protester.The few people left are hiding in a maze of buildings and rooms across campus.
Most of the protesters who took over the university last week have left, but an […]
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