Hundreds try to tear down sit-in barricades in central Hong Kong

October 14, 2014 03:51

Hundreds of people opposed to the pro-democracy demonstrations here attacked the protesters' main camp on Monday, trying to tear down street barricades that have choked traffic in the city. The police struggled to keep the two sides apart, but warned that they, too, were determined to clear the roadblocks over the protesters' objections.

The confrontation in the Admiralty district, near where the protests first spilled onto Hong Kong's streets over two weeks ago, magnified the volatile political divisions in the city, pitting the mostly young demonstrators against residents who say they are fed up with disruptions brought by the protests or who are loyal to Beijing, which opposes the demands for full democratic elections for Hong Kong's leader.

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