HK violence unacceptable in any society

The violence that has plagued the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in recent weeks escalated further on the weekend, with rioters hurling bricks, corrosive liquids and gasoline bombs at police officers guarding important government buildings or carrying out their duty on the streets.

Police had to disperse the rioters on one main thoroughfare using water cannon.

Worryingly at one subway station a group of six black-clad rioters smashed a platform screen door and threw objects onto the rails, posing a great threat to the incoming train and its hundreds of passengers. And police had to fire two warning shots into the air when an attempt was made to seize some police officers' guns.