Hong Kong protesters now making bombs, Police arrest suspects
Wed Jan 15, 2020 08:24:am World
2.1K By Afam Jude Offor
Hong Kong police arrested four men after a raid
that uncovered explosives and a pipe bomb, government-backed broadcaster
RTHK reported on Wednesday. Police found what they called
“protest-related materials” in a raid on Tuesday evening at a flat in
Mong Kok, a densely populated residential area known for its outdoor
markets and shopping areas.
Police
also searched a house in Sheung Shui, a town close to Hong Kong’s
border with mainland China, which they suspect was being used as
laboratory for producing explosives, according to RTHK. The pipe bomb
said to contain around 40 grams of explosives was detonated by bomb
disposal experts, which caused some damage to the building. Police
senior superintendent Chan Tin-chu said the bomb was “very powerful” and
that a small explosion occurred while it was being defused. The
shrapnel punched a hole in one of the lifts in the building,” Chan
Tin-chu told RTHK. Police say that the bomb could have caused
significant casualties. Hong Kong has been plagued by protests for
months, after a backlash against a now-defunct extradition bill, which
critics say would allow the Communist Party in mainland China to single
out dissidents. They have included violent clashes between protesters
and police. Hong Kong was promised special rights and privileges under
the “one country, two systems” framework that was put in place when the
British handed the region back to China in 1997 after 150 years of
colonial rule.
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