Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested four University of Hong Kong students on suspicion of promoting terrorism over a meeting held to mourn a man who killed himself after stabbing a police officer on a street.
The four, aged 18 to 20, attended a meeting last month at which union council members passed a controversial motion "appreciating the sacrifice" of the assailant, according to a police statement. Senior superintendent Steve Li from the police's National Security Department said at a news conference on Wednesday that the meeting had involved elements of terrorism as it sought to "rationalize and glorify" the attack, adding that all four students had spoken during the meeting.
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