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U.S. visitors in Hong Kong warned as Legislative Council building under attack

Monday, July 1, 2019

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The Hong Kong Legislative Council building is under attack. Therefore U.S. consulate today warned American visitors in Hong Kong to avoid major areas in Hong Kong. U.S. citizens have been advised to keep a low profile. Hong Kong protesters smashed windows ahead of handover rally today. They were able to break the glass and are storming the legislator building. Police have been seen putting their gas masks on. The situation seems to be escalating.

 

 

 

The areas of concern include Wan Chai, Golden Bauhinia Square, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Admiralty, Central Government Complex of Hong Kong SAR, Tamar Park, Causeway Bay and Victoria Park.

 

 

 

 

Media from all over the world is covering the unfolding situation. Authorities in mainland China are blacking out all reports.

 

 

 

 

The Hong Kong government has closed the roads around the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and media report police have prohibited access to Golden Bauhinia Square. As per reports, large turnout is expected for the pro-democracy march on the afternoon of Monday, July 1, from Victoria Park in Causeway Bay to Hong Kong government facilities in Admiralty.

 

 

 

 

Over the past several weeks, protests against the proposed changes to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance around the Central Government Complex of Hong Kong SAR intermittently turned confrontational.

 

 

 

 

Demonstrators used a makeshift battering ram as they tried to storm the city’s Legislative Council, hours after a government ceremony commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese control.

 

 

 

 

Demonstrators shouted “Come on, people of Hong Kong”. Riot police with shields guarded the facility from within the building, holding up signs warning the protesters that they would use force if the demonstrators charged.

 

 

 

 

A crowd of thousands marched towards Legislative Council on the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China. 22 years back, China took control of former British colony.

 

 

 

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