HONG KONG - Hong Kong opened for business on Tuesday after a violent long weekend, with its metro rail system only partially functioning and authorities warning residents they may have trouble commuting due to widespread vandalism of infrastructure.
Two teenage protesters have been shot, one in the chest and the other in the leg, during skirmishes with police in some of the recent violence. The Hong Kong government said in a statement early on Tuesday"a large group of masked rioters repeatedly committed destructive acts extensively", including"dropping a bicycle from height" that hit and injured a police officer. Roads were also blocked in various districts, it said.
Residents awoke on Tuesday to anti-police graffiti and streets littered with broken bricks and metal barricades from weekend clashes, during which police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to subdue petrol bomb-throwing protesters.