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Police raid in Mong Kok raises threat of bomb-throwing drones planned for use in protests, as Hong Kong violence escalates
- Police found drones and throwing mechanisms, suspected sulphuric acid, protective gear and raw materials to make petrol bombs in flat
- Two people arrested in raid, one a 17-year-old student
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Drones and corrosive solution were seized on Tuesday during a police raid on a Mong Kok flat, in what investigators suspected were airborne weapons planned for use against officers in the ongoing protests.
The Post also learned that one modified mobile phone, which could be used as a trigger to detonate remote-controlled bombs, was also found in the Oak Street flat. No explosives were uncovered in the raid.
Superintendent Suryanto Chin-chiu of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau said the seized phone was similar to the device-type trigger that detonated a bomb in Mong Kok during the [anti-government] protests on Sunday.
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He said police also found some materials which were being converted into home-made explosives.
A police source said officers were investigating whether the two cases were linked.
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Two people were arrested during the raid, one a 17-year-old student.
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