A disturbing video exhibits a girl being surrounded and overwhelmed by masked protesters in Hong Kong. The unsettling footage comes as authorities battle to clamp down on worsening violence within the semi-autonomous metropolis.
The assault was reportedly sparked by a political disagreement between the girl and a bunch of armed demonstrators. Video of the assault exhibits the girl making an attempt to stroll away, solely to be thrown to the bottom by one of many black-clad rioters. One of many males then makes use of what seems to be a metallic rod to beat her over the top. The girl then sits on the pavement because the group surrounds her and taunts her. A journalist then helps her to her toes as blood trickles down the facet of her face. She makes an attempt to go away the scene, however the rioters catch as much as her and start to beat her with their rods as soon as once more. A person then shields her together with his physique as she sits curled up on the bottom.
What you received’t see in Western Media protection of #HongKongProtests: #HongKongProtesters beating up lady. pic.twitter.com/RAxpPK9iGw
— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) November 12, 2019
Filmed on Monday, the horrific footage has gone largely ignored by media retailers, with some commentators even insisting that the video lacks correct context.
Up within the mainland, movies like this from #HongKong are spreading shortly on-line. It’s like a parallel world to the police violence clips. Not plenty of context or background on this clip (which was already edited on a pro-Beijing wechat channel) – however actually nasty stuff pic.twitter.com/ctKgoMqBXb
— Invoice Birtles (@billbirtles) November 12, 2019
On Monday, an analogous verbal confrontation resulted in a bunch of protesters dousing a person in flammable liquid and lighting him on hearth. Hong Kong’s Chief Government Carrie Lam has vowed to revive order to the semi-autonomous territory, describing the violent protesters as “the folks’s enemy” who’re “relentlessly destroying society.”
Violence doesn’t appear to be letting up, nonetheless. On Tuesday night time, demonstrators armed with Molotov cocktails, javelins and different weapons seized management of the Chinese language College of Hong Kong (CUHK), leaving a path of destruction of their wake.
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