Hong Kong Police Criticized Over Failure to Stop Attacks on Protesters

Hong Kong Police Criticized Over Failure to Stop Attacks on Protesters
Anti-extradition bill demonstrators react as riot police fire tear gas after a march to call for democratic reforms, in Hong Kong, China on July 21, 2019. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong police faced criticism on July 22 for an apparent failure to protect anti-government protesters and passersby from attack by what opposition politicians suspected were gang members at a train station on the weekend.

The attack on Sunday came during a night of escalating violence that opened new fronts in Hong Kong’s widening political crisis over an extradition bill, that could see people sent to China for trial.