Fight over Hong Kong ‘Lennon Wall’ leaves two men injured as tensions escalate between anti-government protesters and opponents
- Incident happened in the early hours of Sunday outside Fortress Hill MTR station
- Two government supporters were beaten on Friday and Saturday in clashes with protesters
Fights erupted outside a Hong Kong MTR station in the early hours of Sunday, reportedly over a nearby “Lennon Wall”, leaving at least two men injured.
The escalating tension in the city also resulted in the beating of at least two government supporters, including a woman, on Friday and Saturday, when they clashed with protesters.
Local media footage of the incident outside Fortress Hill station showed a scuffle between two groups of people just after midnight, which happened after several men removed posters from a Lennon Wall there.
The walls, where protesters post supportive messages for each other, have sprung up all over Hong Kong in the past couple of months.
Two men in the group that tried to remove posters from the wall were holding a pipe-like object and a long stick, and assaulted people who argued with them. Another man from the group also punched a person from the opposite side.