Evacuation at HK station after ‘rioters’ hurl petrol bombs

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Police were hunting for six suspects after petrol bombs were hurled at a Hong Kong metro station on Thursday, forcing the rail operator to immediately evacuate the area and close the site.

The incident came just hours after police arrested a 29-year-old man and two teenagers in separate incidents, reports the South China Morning Post newspaper.

The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) Corporation said black-clad “rioters” hurled petrol bombs at two escalators and a shop at the Ngau Tau Kok station in Kowloon at around 1 a.m. They also vandalised ticket machines and other facilities on the concourse.

The suspects fled before police arrived, no one was injured, and rail services resumed later in the day.

Daily Pioneer
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