80 arrested after violent weekend protests in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police on Monday warned against escalating violence in months-long anti-government protests following the arrest of 80 people in demonstrations over the weekend.Protesters wreaked havoc in the districts of Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Sha Tin and Tseung Kwan O in the New Territories as well as Mong Kok in the Kowloon Peninsula on Saturday and Sunday.Bricks and petrol bombs were thrown at riot police, and in Tuen Mun on Saturday a protester tried to steal a police officer's revolver."No excuses, no propaganda can justify or glorify such acts of violence," police spokesman Tse Chun-chung sa…READ FULL ARTICLE