- Title: Hong Kong police condemns use of 'homemade' bomb found in weekend protests
- Date: 15th October 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 14, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** POLICE OFFICIALS ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM POLICE OFFICIALS SEATED IN FRONT OF JOURNALISTS AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, TANG PING-KEUNG, SAYING: "For the first time during this social unrest, we seized a homemade bomb. And around 8pm yesterday while our vehicles were passing through around Nathan Road in Mongkok, some explosives erupted just two to three metres away from the car. We believe such explosives were intended to attack our officers. We strongly condemn the manufacturing of explosives and it is a highly dangerous act that can cause heavy casualties." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS HONG KONG POLICE LOGO
- Embargoed: 29th October 2019 08:08
- Keywords: Hong Kong China homemade bomb protest demonstration
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B17HJK7
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- Story Text:Hong Kong police on Monday (October 14) condemned the manufacturing of homemade bombs during the weekend protest in the tourist district of Mongkok on Sunday (October 13).
Also known as an improvised explosive device (IED), a homemade bomb was used for the first time in the four months since social unrest gripped the Chinese-ruled city.
The protesters are angry at what they see as Beijing's tightening grip on the city, which was guaranteed 50 years of freedom with the "one country, two systems" arrangement under which it was returned to China. Beijing rejects the charge and accuses Western countries, especially the United States and Britain, of stirring up trouble.
Protests have attracted millions of people but have gradually become smaller in recent weeks. Yet violence by hardcore activists has risen, prompting debate over tactics.
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