May 1st Labor Day ｜ Prince 4 males snatch petrol bombs 2 male and female arrested including 15-year-old youth

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Written by: Huang Diwen, Wang Yiyang

2020-05-02 21:20

Yesterday (1st), there were groups setting up street stations in multiple districts on the Labor Day. The police deployed a strict line of defense. Among them, in Mong Kok, riot police officers entered Langham Place to disperse the crowds, and intercepted young people in the streets nearby, but the atmosphere was all day long. Roughly peaceful. But at about 11 pm, four men reportedly threw petrol bombs at police cars on Nathan Road and Boundary Street, and a 15-year-old was arrested on the spot.

Police said today (2) that at the time of the incident, four people threw petrol bombs at the center of the road and were found by the plainclothes patrol car. Police seized a lighter, two hoses with iron nails, a petrol bomb and seven empty beer glass bottles on the 15-year-old. After investigation, the police searched a residential unit in Tai Po Road early in the morning and found 3.6 liters of petrol, slings and other items. It is believed that the 46-year-old female owner of the unit was involved in the case. She was arrested for "possession of offensive weapons".

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Four people threw petrol bombs on the road and discovered that the patrol car

Police Superintendent (Operation) Chen Ziliang of the Criminal Headquarters of West Kowloon Region stated that there were demonstrations in Mong Kok and Prince Edward last night. Demonstrators cast bamboo poles and bricks on the road. At 11:10 pm, when a police casual-patrol car drove to the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Road and Boundary Street, four men in black and black masks suddenly rushed out of Cheung Sha Wan Road and threw iron into the center of the road Nailed hoses and gasoline bombs, leaving traces of burning and glass fragments left at the scene, and then left in the direction of Nathan Road. The police immediately pursued and a 15-year-old student was arrested on the spot. Police allege that he was still holding a lighter and two hoses with iron nails in his hand when he was arrested. The police then seized a petrol bomb and seven empty beer glass bottles in his rucksack. He was arrested for "possession of anything intended to destroy or damage property" and "arson".

Unit on Tai Po Road suspected of being a petrol bomb police detaining female owner

After investigation, the police raided a private residential unit on Tai Po Road early in the morning and seized and stored petrol bomb tools, including 3.6 litres of petrol, empty glass bottles, granulated sugar, lighters, hand pumps, rigging, helmets, telescopic sticks, powerful Flashlights, gas masks, eye masks, reflective clothing for first responders and other items, the 46-year-old female owner of the unit was arrested on the spot for "possession of offensive weapons". She reported as a salesperson.

Police said they believed that a 15-year-old youth had gone to a residential unit on Tai Po Road to make petrol bombs. The police are still investigating the relationship between the two arrested persons. It is not ruled out that more people were arrested. The police said at one time that the suspects threw gasoline bombs at the police. Chen Ziliang pointed out that at that time, four people were throwing gasoline bombs at the road, and no police car passed.

At 11 o'clock last night (1st), when a police car was driving through the junction of Nathan Road and Boundary Street, four men threw petrol bombs and hoses with iron nails, followed by a contingent police officer on the van. A 15-year-old was arrested, and three of his fellows escaped. Police officers found a suspected petrol bomb, a lighter, 7 glass bottles and 2 rubber tubes with iron nails in the belongings of the 15-year-old. After the incident, a large number of police officers searched in Mong Kok and the prince, and pursued three fugitive men, estimated to be between 16 and 30 years old. They were wearing dark clothes and masks at the time of the incident.

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