Protests resume in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, September 6 

Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray on Friday to clear protesters outside a subway station on the densely populated Kowloon peninsula, the latest clash in 14 weeks of sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations.

Hundreds of protesters, many of them masked and dressed in black, took cover behind umbrellas and barricades made from street fencing. Some had broken through a metal grill to enter the station where they pulled down signs and daubed graffiti on the walls.

“We’re angry at the police and angry at the government,” said Justin, 23, dressed in black and wearing a hoodie. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced measures this week to try to restore order in the city, including the formal withdrawal of a Bill that triggered the protests.

The law would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, despite the city having an independent judiciary dating back to British colonial rule.

Many protesters have pledged to fight on, calling Lam's concessions too little, too late. — Reuters