Hong Kong police officials announced at a press conference on the 14th that a handmade bomb was used near a police car and exploded on the 13th when there was a protest against the government. There are no injuries. It seems that the bomb was used for the first time in connection with the protest demonstration in Hong Kong that began in earnest in June this year.
According to the police announcement, at around 8:00 pm on the 13th, in the downtown area of the Mongkok area on the Kowloon Peninsula side, an explosion sounded from one corner of the flowerbed on the street, and handmade bombs such as cell phone fragments and electric cords from nearby. A debris that seems to have been found.
On the same day, a protest demonstration was held on the same day, and at that time, the police were working on removing obstacles on the streets built by the demonstrators. The police car was stopped nearby. The police believe that a bomb that was detonated by a mobile phone was set up.
Protests continued in Hong Kong since the enforcement of the masking prohibition law on the 5th of this month, and large and small demonstrations were called at over 20 locations on the 13th. Although the scale is not larger than before, some activities are sharpening. Police officials detained 201 demonstrators on 11-13. (Hong Kong = Hide Nishimoto)
