CHINA-HONGKONG: POLICE CLAIMS SERIOUS ESCALATION IN VIOLENCE HINTING AT FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT

Radio HongKong quoted the HongKong Police as saying on October 14, that a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, similar to those used in terrorist attacks in foreign countries, was detonated at Nathan Road on October 13. They believe it was targeted at officers. At a press conference, Deputy Police Commissioner Tang Ping-keung said they believe the device, planted at the junction of Nathan Road and Fife Street in Mong Kok, was detonated via mobile phone. He said that a police car had just arrived at the scene to clear a roadblock put up by anti-government protesters and an officer had just got out of the vehicle when the bomb, which was planted in a flowerbed 10 to 15 metres away, exploded. He added that the explosives are similar to those used in some terrorist attacks in other parts of the world and said knowledge and expertise was needed to manufacture these. Separately, Acting Chief Superintendent of the Police Public Relations Branch Kong Wing-cheung said that a total of 201 people were arrested between October 11 to 13. 





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