Hong Kong New Year Celebration Peaceful in Wake of Bloody Riots
- Scores of police injured in violence in Mong Kok district
- Rioters set fires, threw bricks and bottles, TV footage shows
Hong Kong Riot Brings Worst Violence Since 2014
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Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong to celebrate the Chinese New Year with a dazzling fireworks display, undeterred by the biggest outbreak of violence in the city since the 2014 pro-democracy uprising.
Police were out in force as an estimated 290,000 revelers lined both sides of Victoria Harbour to usher in the year of the monkey Tuesday night. One of the main viewing points, Tsim Sha Tsui, is only 1.5 miles from Mong Kok, the gritty commercial district where the violence erupted in the early hours of the morning.