Hong Kong protesters try to force way into the legislative building over China extradition bill

Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Hong Kong against the extradition bill: 72 injured

At least 36 injured as hundreds of masked men assault protesters, journalists, and residents in Hong Kong

A mob dressed in white assaulted residents, protesters, journalists and a lawmaker in Yuen Long, hours after an anti-extradition law march ended.

At least 36 people had been sent to a hospital or had sought treatment, according to the Hospital Authority.

The organized group used bamboo sticks and other weapons to attack people in the West Rail Line station area, also injuring a representative of the democratic party Lam Cheuk-ting.

The protesters accused the police of not intervening to stop the attackers and instead used tear gas against the protesters in Sheung Wan.

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In this video (sent by a friend) you can see the white-shirted thugs relentlessly beating up one person in a black shirt with long wooden sticks and umbrellas. Only some have masks – these thugs clearly do not fear any repercussions for their violent actions#YuenLong #antielab pic.twitter.com/4swUQUAOXs — Jun Pang (@hyjpang) 21 luglio 2019

video12 白衣暴徒聚集时视频

pic.twitter.com/hgytYdg20P — 巴丢草 Badiucao (@badiucao) 21 luglio 2019

“Real thugs have attacked passersby, a journalist and a lawmaker, badly injuring them, but the police have failed to enforce the law. This has angered us greatly,” the statement read.

Commentator was attacked by Pro-Beijing Gangsters that support extradition bill pic.twitter.com/6P7GBig2WV — Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 (@joshuawongcf) 21 luglio 2019

While the protesters in Wan Chai, Central and Sheung Wan were facing the police in riot gear, at about 10:30 pm, the attackers headed for the trains, assaulting passengers with bamboo sticks and chasing whoever was wearing black clothes, witnesses said.

Pro-government gangsters randomly beating ppl up in Yuen Long MTR, with lawmakers and reporters being beaten by gangs. No police had arrived on site on hour after ppl called 999 emergency line.#HongKongProtest pic.twitter.com/mXSft8jAXk — Denise Ho (HOCC) (@hoccgoomusic) 21 luglio 2019

#HongKong protesters only have one question in mind now: Where was the Police? @hkpoliceforce Video filmed inside #YuenLong MTR train station. Men in white tee were reportedly thugs sent by different gangs to go after #HongKongProtest ers.#extraditionbill pic.twitter.com/UHARvOx0vO — Kinling Lo 盧建靈 (@kinlinglo) 21 luglio 2019