Hong Kong: Protesters damage metro station setting off sprinklers and spray painting

Record ID: 1435132

  • Title: Hong Kong: Protesters damage metro station setting off sprinklers and spray painting
  • Date: 4th October 2019
  • Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 4, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** VARIOUS OF PROTESTER DAMAGING TICKET GATES AT SHA TIN METRO PROTESTER DAMAGING TICKET GATES / PROTESTERS GATHERED INSIDE WITH UMBRELLAS / PROTESTER HITS SPRINKLER, WATER SPRAYS DAMAGED TICKET GATE VARIOUS OF WATER SPRAYS INSIDE STATION / PROTESTERS INSIDE PROTESTERS WITH UMBRELLAS SPRAY-PAINT SECURITY CAMERA LIGHTS READ (ENGLISH) 'FREE HK' PROTESTERS SPRAY-PAINTS FLOOR OF METRO STATION CROWDS LEAVE STATION
  • Embargoed: 18th October 2019 13:46
  • Keywords: Hong Kong China Sha Tin metro protests protesters damage
  • Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • City: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001AZON5MV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:CONTAINS PROFANE LANGUAGE
    Protesters in Hong Kong on Friday (October 4) damaged the Sha Tin Metro station, after the government said it would invoke a British colonial-era law to allow authorities to make regulations.
    Crowds smashed ticket gates, sprinkler systems and spray painted security cameras inside the station a day before the law was set to come into effect.
    Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam on Friday invoked colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in more than 50 years in a dramatic move intended to quell escalating violence in the Chinese-ruled city.
    Under this legislation, Lam said she would enact a new regulation banning face masks, which have been widely used by protesters to hide their identities over nearly four months of unrest.
    (Production: Joyce Zhou, Emily Cooper)
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