Within a week die in the escalating protests two people. First of all, a protester in a Park collapsed house, now an old man, a pavement was made of stone. The government makes the “rioters” were responsible. Hong Kong (dpa) – On the sidelines of the ongoing Anti-government protests in Hong Kong, there has been another victim. Authorities on Thursday evening, succumbed to a 70-year-old man to his severe injury.

Local media had previously reported that the man had been hit on Wednesday in a confrontation between Anti-government protesters and residents of a paving stone to the head. The man had tried with the other demonstrators to Blockade the stones of the street, laid rooms. In other Reports, it was said that he had also made Videos and photos.

protesters throw cobble stones on a street in Hong Kong. (11. November 2019) photo: Billy H. C. Kwok/

It will be presumed that the man died during his lunch break by a “hard object” that was ejected from the “hooligans,” it was said in a communication, the Hong Kong food and environmental hygiene, for which the victim worked as a cleaner had. The police classified the crime as murder.

On a Video of the incident is to recognize, as black-clad protesters and a other group with stones and other objects thrown. The man is hit by an object and falls to the ground.

police secure an intersection in the financial district of Hong Kong. (14. November 2019) photo: Justin Chin/

The Hong Kong special administrative region was outraged over the “malicious act”, further it is stated in the notice of the government. The police will make every effort to investigate the case and bring the offender before the court.

The violence in Hong Kong escalated in the past few days. Last week, the authorities confirmed the death of a student who was supported at the edge by the violence of a car Park. On Monday, a police officer had shot a young protesters in the stomach. His condition had improved in the course of the week. Also on Monday, a radical protester lit a sympathizers of the government (read here). His condition is critical. The same is true for a 15-Year-old who had been hit, according to Reports of a tear gas canister to the head.

protesters block Edinburgh place in Central Hong Kong with a sit-down strike. (14. November 2019) photo: Justin Chin/

Meanwhile, reached protests against the Hong Kong government outside Hong Kong to a new level of escalation. According to the leadership in the Chinese special administrative zone, Minister of justice, Teresa Cheng in London, protesters have been attacked and injured.

That would be the first direct confrontation between a Hong Kong member of the government and the protesters – and abroad. Cheng was in the British capital to promote Hong Kong, among other things, as a business metropolis. China put a formal complaint in the UK and demanded that the alleged perpetrators be brought to justice.

The Hong Kong government, according to Cheng, has “severe physical damage” suffered. The Chinese Embassy in London stated that Cheng was pushed to the ground and injured his Hand.

More than 4,000 protesters were arrested

The fifth day in a row in many places in the city protests inflamed on Friday. Protesters blocked several roads. For more than five months of sustained protests in the Chinese special administrative region against the government: protesters criticize, among other things, the growing influence of China in the former crown colony. Since the handover to China in 1997, Hong Kong is governed according to the principle of “one country, two systems” autonomously.

The demonstrators are calling for free elections, an independent investigation of police brutality as well as impunity for the already more than 4000 taken. Also the resignation of chief Secretary Carrie Lam is one of their demands. (aru/sda)

Created: 15.11.2019, 09:55 PM

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