Many students have been injured at the Hong Kong Polytech University, where students and protesters blocked inside. Also police officers have been injured during the clashes, in which, among others, have been thrown firebombs.
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More than 600 people remain at the school, and more than half of them are according to the South China Morning Post student, who can’t get away in fear of being arrested by the police. Several have already been arrested, once they have left the buildings.
Police have already arrested several, as have left the building. Photo: Thomas Peter / Ritzau Scanpix
According to The Guardian, the police have previously urged the demonstrators at the school to lay their weapons and surrender voluntarily. Now be informed, however, that they will be arrested as soon as they leave the building.
>600 people are still on campus with more than half of them are believed to be #polyu students, he says. dozens of them tried to leave this morning but are forced to retreat as police fired tear gas at every exit. only one of them managed to I’m hoping for more, according to his understanding
— Jeffie Lam (@jeffielam) November 18, 2019
Use napalm
the Demonstrators at the school are using, according to the CNN home-made incendiary bombs with napalm. Of the flammable substance, which is known to have been used by the military, can be produced easily, and sent recipes around to protesters.
CNN is also aware that the protesters have produced a bomb of a gas cylinder and screws. However, they have not been able to confirm that the bomb can actually be used.
the School’s management says in a press release that it has been stolen ‘dangerous chemicals’ from the school’s labs, and that they do not support the protesters ‘illegal acts and violence’.
‘We understand that the students care about the current social situation, but they should remain calm and rational, when they are fighting for something,’ they write in the press release.
Lack of food
South China Morning Post have spoken to Ken Woo, who is the president of the student association at the school. He tells that there is a shortage of food, which until now has been supplied from the outside. All school exits are, however, now blocked, which makes it difficult to bring food in.
Later in the day there will be held a demonstration in the vicinity of the school, and it encourages the demonstrators by the organizer to take extra food and drinks with, so that they can try to get it brought into the school.
in Several locations at school entrances, there are arising fires. Photo: athit pier Perawongmetha / Ritzau Scanpix
the Danish
Extra Leaf was in the last week in contact with the two universities DTU and KU to hear how their Danish students relate to the situation.
From the Copenhagen University said that at least one student had been escorted away from his university and driven away in a bus with other students. Teaching is suspended, and the university expects that all students return home to Denmark before long.
Previously also DTU invited all his students to return home.
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