The new phase in the crisis, which aims to cause maximum disruption and stretch police resources, prompted police to warn on Tuesday the city was 'on the brink of total collapse'.
Protesters and office workers gather during a protest in the Central district of Hong Kong in Hong Kong on November 12, 2019. - Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters fought intense battles with riot police on a university campus and paralysed the city's upmarket business district Tuesday, extending one of the most violent stretches of unrest seen in more than five months of political chaos.
The new phase in the crisis, which has forced schools and shopping malls to close as well as the shutdown of large chunks of the vital train network, prompted police to warn on Tuesday the city was “on the brink of total collapse”. Various lines on the subway, used by more than half of the city’s 7.5 million people daily, were also suspended due to vandalism, forcing many workers to stay at home.
It was only the third confirmed time a police officer had shot someone with live bullets since the unrest began in June. On Tuesday the People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party, warned that local district elections due to be held on November 24 may be cancelled if the protesters do not back down.
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