Protesters in Hong Kong now firing arrows at police

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News ID: 44232
Publish Date: 11:57 - 14 November 2019
TEHRAN, Nov 14_Demonstrators in Hong Kong have taken to the streets for yet another day of protests against the government, firing arrows at police, clogging roads, and disrupting transport links.

Protesters in Hong Kong now firing arrows at policeTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_On Thursday, schools and businesses were also closed for a fourth straight working day over safety fears in the international hub, which has been crippled by protest rallies over the past several months.

Groups of black-clad, mainly student protesters blocked key roads with brick and bamboo barricades and shut down bus services, as the city of 7.5 million people suffers from an unprecedented travel chaos.

The rioters, meanwhile, have upgraded their arsenal from makeshift catapults and Molotov cocktails to bows and arrows taken from sports departments, which they used to fire at police.

Police said in a statement that the rioters were shooting “arrows at several police officers who were patrolling” in the vicinity of Polytechnic University early in the day.

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