Hong Kong shuts down airport as Beijing says protesters show 'signs of terrorism'
Source: LA Times
Hong Kong’s government canceled all flights departing from the international airport on Monday afternoon, sending police toward the airport as thousands of protesters occupied the terminals in a peaceful sit-in.
The Airport Authority said flights were canceled because large numbers of protesters were “disrupting operations.” The shutdown began at 4 p.m., just as a spokesman for the State Council’s highest Hong Kong affairs office in Beijing said protesters showed “signs of terrorism.”
“These violent, illegal actions must be met with determined legal crackdown, with no softening of hands or any sign of mercy,” said the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Spokesman Yang Guang in a press briefing, accusing protesters of throwing gasoline bombs .
“Hong Kong has arrived at a critical point.”
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-12/hong-kong-shuts-down-airport-as-beijing-says-protesters-show-signs-of-terrorism
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