Tensions Escalate in Hong Kong Protests as Police Fire Weapon
- Police say warning shot was best way to disperse protesters
- Xinhua report suggests China is losing patience with events
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Tensions flared in Hong Kong on a weekend that began with the formation of a peaceful human chain across the city and culminated two days later with police firing a weapon and using water cannons for the first time.
In a 12th straight weekend of protests, violent clashes erupted between police and protesters Sunday evening in the New Territories district of Tsuen Wan. They came the day after Chief Executive Carrie Lam met with former officials and other prominent figures to build a dialogue that can resolve the crisis rocking the former British colony.