46 Injured As Rod-Wielding Mob Storms Hong Kong Railway Station
Hong Kong: At least 45 people have been injured in unprecedented violence at a Hong Kong railway station as a rampaging mob armed with metal rods assaulted pro-democracy protesters as well as passengers indiscriminately. No police officer was in sight as dozens of men — dressed in white shirts and suspected to be triad gangsters — stormed into Yuen Long MTR station late on Sunday night by forcing open closed entrances and attacked a group of pro-democracy protesters who were returning from a rally in the center of Hong Kong.
The masked men hurled objects at the protesters — dressed in black — and travelers alike and also assaulted members of the public, including journalists with wooden rods and metal sticks, the South China Morning Post reported. Footage posted on social media of the midnight violence showed the men violently attacking anyone dressed in a black T-shirt on platforms and inside train carriages. (IANS)