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Hong Kong Protests Turn Violent As Clashes Erupt Between Demonstrators And Masked Mob

A group of attackers wearing masks and white shirts swung fists, wielded clubs and other objects at a crowd of mostly pro-democracy demonstrators at a train station in the district of Yuen Long.

Updated at 6:56 p.m. ET

Some three dozen people were injured Sunday night in Hong Kong at a railway station in a turn of violence in which a group of pro-democracy activists and other bystanders were attacked following a night of street demonstrations, according to local reports. The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear.

Government officials condemned the violence in a statement, noting that some of the victims included commuters.

According to South China

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