A few hundred protesters remain trapped inside a university in Hong Kong as a multi-day siege continued, raising fears of a bloody crackdown to end the standoff.
Battles between police and protesters in recent days have featured raging fires, tear gas, and flaming vehicles.
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Demonstrators barricaded inside university campuses have armed themselves with petrol bombs, bricks, and even bows and arrows dipped in fire, while police have deployed tear gas, live bullets and water cannon.
Some of the worst clashes have been at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the last campus that remains a protester stronghold with as many as 200 people still walled off inside, city authorities said.
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Officers have urged protesters to surrender peacefully, arresting about 400 people leaving the university, sometimes tackling them to the ground or pounding them with batons.
Another 200, all minors, have had their information recorded by officers though were not immediately taken into custody after school principals secured a promise for them to return home safely.
Some demonstrators escaped late Monday by climbing over walls, abseiling down ropes and hopping on motorcycles – prepared by volunteers working to get people out.
source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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