Triad Gangster Attack in Hong Kong After Night of Violent Protests: Lawmaker

Triad Gangster Attack in Hong Kong After Night of Violent Protests: Lawmaker
An anti-extradition bill protester picks up a tear gas canister during clashes with riot police after a march to call for democratic reforms, in Hong Kong, on July 21, 2019. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong police on July 22 defended their actions and the lack of arrests after opposition lawmakers said police had failed to protect a train full of anti-government protesters from a triad gangster attack from a day earlier.

The attack came in a night of violence that opened new fronts in Hong Kong’s widening political crisis over an extradition bill to send people to China for trial.