HONG KONG: Protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday , firing arrows at police, forcing school closures and blocking highways and other transport links to disrupt the financial hub amid a marked escalation of violence.
The Bill was eventually shelved but demonstrations have snowballed, and protesters have torched vehicles and buildings, hurled petrol bombs at police stations and trains and vandalised prime shopping malls over the past week.The first volleys of tear gas were fired early Thursday by police near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, as a call went out for protesters to mass at the campus.
At several other universities, thousands of students barricaded themselves inside campuses with makeshift fortifications, blocking entrances and occupying nearby roads, preparing stockpiles of food, bricks, petrol bombs and other makeshift weapons as they hunkered down for possible clashes with police.TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK
The government in a press release urged employers to make flexible arrangements with staff members affected by the traffic disruption, adding that it will make similar arrangements with government employees.
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