As it happened: violence erupts at Hong Kong protest

Tens of thousands of anti-extradition bill protesters engaged in violent clashes with Hong Kong police near the city’s legislature on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. The stand-off forced the Legislative Council to delay a scheduled debate on the government’s highly contentious extradition bill. The protesters, including many young people who had camped there overnight, used metal barricades and bricks to build obstacles. Riot police using shields and batons fired pepper spray, tear gas and beanbag…