Governments and Rights Groups Condemn Violent Attack in Hong Kong Metro Station

Men in white T-shirts and face masks attack anti-extradition bill demonstrators and reporters at a train station in Hong Kong, on July 21, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media live video. Courtesy of Stand News/Social Media via Reuters

Several governments and international rights groups have issued statements condemning recent violence in Hong Kong, which resulted in at least 45 injuries.

A group of men in white T-shirts wielding wooden and metal poles, rushed into the Yuen Long metro station on July 21 evening and began beating passengers, according to footage taken by commuters, journalists at the scene, and Democratic party lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting, who was among those injured.