(13 Oct 2019) Protesters in Hong Kong changed tactics and wreaked havoc by popping up in small groups in multiple locations across the city Sunday, pursued by but also often eluding police who made scores of muscular arrests.
Violence spiralled as protests stretched from Sunday afternoon into the night, with police struggling to restore order.
In Tsuen Wan, riot police were seen removing makeshift roadblocks set up by protesters as the police moved along main roads to disperse the crowds.
A Bank of China branch in the area was also vandalised as establishments linked to mainland China became targets.
The protests gripping the international business hub began in response to a now-withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent for trial in Communist Party-controlled courts in mainland China.
The movement then ballooned to encompass broader clamours for universal suffrage, an independent inquiry of the policing methods used against protesters and other demands.
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