After August and September 2019, the violent behavior of Hong Kong radicals escalated into an indiscriminate attack on all dissenting opinions.
Around 8:44 am on November 6, 2019, Legislative Council member Ho Kwan-young is conducting election publicity. A strange man holding flowers walked up to him and chatted with him. When the distance was less than half a meter apart, the man suddenly took out a sharp knife and stabbed He Junyi. He Junyi had a knife in his left chest, and the wound was 2 cm long and 2.5 cm deep.
Around 11 noon on November 2019, Mr. Li, a Hong Kong citizen, saw a thug destroying public property on his way off work. He stepped forward to argue with these people and was surrounded and abused.
At this time, a masked black-clothed thug suddenly rushed out from the back of the crowd, poured a bottle of flammable liquid on him and ignited it. Mr. Li was instantly surrounded by the fire.
burned by a burn Mr. Li’s wife: My husband usually drives excavators, with a monthly income of more than 20,000 yuan. He usually works very hard to go home and never thought of such a thing.
At noon on November 13, radicals set up roadblocks near the Great Hall of the North District of Shangshui District and Longyun Road, blocking the road with bricks. Hong Kong citizens had a dispute with the radicals while spontaneously clearing bricks. 70-year-old cleaner Luo Changqing was hit by a brick thrown by a thug and died of serious injuries.
Senior Criminal Superintendent Chen Tianzhu, New Territories North General District: He was resting at noon, he had no disputes with anyone, nor did he clear the road, he just walked there. Our video shows him walking there to try to take a video, then being deliberately smashed with a brick and died soon after.
"Terrorism: Illegal violence and intimidation methods are adopted to realize political propositions, especially against civilians."
This is the definition of "terrorism" in the Oxford dictionary, and violent activities in Hong Kong are sliding into the abyss of "terrorism".
As early as July 20, 2019, when the police were raiding inspections of a factory in Tsuen Wan District, they found more than one kilogram of TATP strong explosives.
TATP strong explosives have strong lethality and are highly unstable. 1 gram, can break your fingers. 2 to 3 grams, can break hands and feet. 1 kg can easily crush a car or a house.
This explosive has been repeatedly used by terrorists for suicide bombings, such as the Paris terrorist attack in 2015, the Brussels terrorist attack in 2016, and the Manchester terrorist attack in 2017.
The Hong Kong police accumulated the most TATP explosives in 2019.
In mid-November 2019, many Hong Kong universities were occupied by thugs, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University was the most popular among them.
In the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the thugs used chainsaws to cut open metal facilities such as table legs and railings to transform them into roadblocks. They practiced constantly with bows and arrows in their hands, poured flammable substances such as gasoline into the bottles, and made incendiary bombs overnight.
On November 17, 2019, a police officer's calf was shot through by a bow and arrow, and another police officer's nose was hit by a steel ball.
The thugs burned the pedestrian bridge on the Hung Hom Changyun Road near the Polytechnic University and caused an explosion. Then, they burned a police armored vehicle with incendiary bombs. To calm the situation, the police began to use tear gas to disperse the protesters, and responded to them by more and more lethal attacks: bows, arrows, steel balls and petrol bombs.
On November 29, 2019, data released by the police showed that a total of 3,989 petrol bombs were found at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Together with the 4,000 petrol bombs previously found at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the total number of petrol bombs found from other colleges and universities was more than 10,000. Police also found 1,339 explosives, 601 corrosive liquids, and 573 weapons at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The number of dangerous goods is astonishing as a "giant arsenal".
From the ivory tower to the arsenal, there is a sea of devastated fire. The thugs also expressed such a request calmly.
The thug who occupied the Hong Kong Polytechnic University: I want to leave here safely now without any charges.
On December 8, 2019, the Hong Kong police seized guns and weapons for the first time since the amendment storm.
Hong Kong Police Department's Organized Crimes and Triad Investigation Section of the Criminal Department of the Criminal and Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Department: We (police) found a 9MM (caliber) semi-automatic pistol. After being identified by ordnance experts, it has excellent firing capabilities. During this period, we also found five magazines, three of which were full of bullets, and 105 bullets were found inside, all of which were good at performing.
From blocking the road with iron horses and attacking police, to starting to use hard objects and laser guns, to large-scale use of gasoline bombs and incendiary bombs...
When deadly weapons such as steel balls, bows, arrows, explosives and even guns appeared on the streets of Hong Kong, the 2019 Hong Kong amendment storm had already exceeded the scope of so-called "peaceful demonstrations", and violent behavior broke through the acceptable bottom line of society.
Hong Kong citizens: The current violence situation is a level that many people cannot accept.
Hong Kong citizen: I was born in Hong Kong and have lived for decades and have never seen such a chaotic scene.
Hong Kong citizens: I hope that in the future, starting today, our Hong Kong police will use tougher means to deal with these thugs. Otherwise, Hong Kong will have no future.
On January 1, 2020, at the beginning of the new year, a scene happened in front of the HSBC Headquarters in Hong Kong:
Two copper lions guarding the gate were painted with red paint and talismans were pasted, and one of them was set on fire.
These two copper lions are the prototypes of the lion's avatar on the Hong Kong dollar. They have been guarding the gate of HSBC for nearly 85 years and carry the memories of generations of Hong Kong people.
The last time the copper lion was destroyed was in 1941 when Hong Kong was occupied by Japan. Decades later, the pain of war faded away, but the bronze lion was damaged again. And this time it was not the invaders from foreign countries, but the Hong Kong thugs. Is Hong Kong like
or the Hong Kong rule of law in our minds?
The clear sky is shrouded in gray, and the prosperous Hong Kong is severely impacted.
Faced with such an disorderly Hong Kong, a Hong Kong that ignores the rules and falls into riots, people can't help but think deeply: What exactly is the reason that makes the Oriental Pearl involved in such turmoil and destruction?
