Police fire tear gas as Hong Kong vigils turn violent
Hong Kong - Police dispersed crowds with tear gas late Friday as vigils and protests took place across Hong Kong over the death of 22-year-old Chow Tsz-lok, a student protester who fell from a car park near where police also used tear gas at an earlier anti-government demonstration.
Protesters and police officers have routinely been injured since demonstrations broke out in June, but no deaths had previously been directly connected to the clashes. Chow's death early Friday inflamed citywide anger toward police, as many students believe he was running from officers when he fell. Peaceful vigils devolved into clashes as riot police arrived on scene and protesters responded aggressively, chanting "Murderers!" and hurling bricks and other objects at the officers.
An officer in the Yau Ma Tei district reportedly fired a warning shot as the clashes escalated. According to the police force, "rioters" threw petrol bombs, set fire to an electrical box, and vandalised public property.
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