Reuters: Hong Kong protesters smash up legislature in direct challenge to China
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters stormed the legislature on the anniversary of the city’s 1997 return to China on Monday, destroying pictures and daubing walls with graffiti in a direct challenge to China as anger over an extradition bill spiraled out of control.
Some carried road signs, others corrugated iron sheets and pieces of scaffolding upstairs and downstairs as about a thousand gathered around the Legislative Council building in the heart of the former British colony’s financial district.
Some sat at legislators’ desks, checking their phones.
Read more ....
Hong Kong Protesters Storm And Smash The Legislature -- News Updates July 1, 2019
The Latest: Protesters take over Hong Kong’s legislature -- AP
Live: Hong Kong police retake parliament building after protesters' incursion -- France 24
Hong Kong police fire teargas at protesters – live updates -- The Guardian
Hong Kong protests: All the latest updates -- Al Jazeera
Protests escalate as Hong Kong marks handover to China -- AP
Hong Kong police retake parliament from anti-government protesters -- AFP
Hong Kong police fire tear gas in running battles after protesters trash legislature -- Reuters
Hong Kong protesters break into parliament as tensions rise on China handover anniversary -- ABC News Online
Hong Kong protesters overrun parliament, spraying graffiti -- DW
Hong Kong police fire teargas and charge at protesters -- The Guardian
Hong Kong protesters storm legislature, smash doors and walls -- Al Jazeera
Hong Kong protesters occupy parliament building, spray graffiti (PHOTOS, LIVE VIDEO) -- RT
