Hong Kong Protesters Set Fire To Entrance Of Fortified University, See Why

Protesters set fire to the entrance of Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University early Monday to stop riot police from entering the campus, as a siege of the heavily fortified university entered its second day.

Inside the university, hundreds of students remained barricaded inside the main building where they have been stockpiling weapons including bows and arrows, and refusing police demands to leave immediately.

It followed a night of violence as students hurled petrol bombs at Hong Kong police, who deployed water cannons and warned that if given no other choice they would use “live rounds.”

The president of the university’s student union said in a statement posted to Facebook early Monday morning that thousands of students still on the campus, some of whom were injured.

Liu accused riot police of storming the collegiate area of PolyU and carrying “a massive arrest” of protesters. In a statement, police said claims that police “raided” the university were “totally false.”

Live images showed police taking control of Cheong Wan Road, the main entrance to the school, but moving back as protesters threw petrol bombs and shot arrows at them from above.

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