Hong Kong protests: police find pressurised gas canisters used to make bombs and arrest man selling stun guns online as force slams ‘monstrous violence’
- Force says dangerous weapons falling into hands of those with ill intentions is ‘bad omen’
- Police believe home-made device using canisters more commonly used for hotpot was intended to hurt officers
Home-made bombs using pressurised gas canisters were seized by Hong Kong police near a protest site in Mong Kok on Thursday night, which the force believed were intended to attack officers.
Police also arrested a man on Friday morning for selling weapons online as it was revealed a protester had used a stun gun during an attack.
The force described the situation as “worrying” and a “bad omen” if such dangerous weapons were falling into the hands of those with “ill intentions”.
Anti-government protesters gathered in Mong Kok and Central on Halloween to protest against alleged brutality by police and in open defiance of a mask ban. Police fired 125 rounds of tear gas and 28 rubber bullets over the course of the evening to disperse the crowds.
During a media briefing on Friday, the force said officers in Mong Kok Police Station spotted a suspicious truck unloading bags of items on the flyover of Prince Edward Road West at 11.30pm.