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Hong Kong Police Storm University Held by Protesters

William Gallo

   HONG KONG - Hong Kong police have stormed the university held by
   anti-government protesters early Monday after an all-night seige. Fiery
   explosions were seen on the campus as police moved in just before dawn.

   A special tactical team was called in to move on the campus. Dozens of
   protesters were arrested and a live news feed showed a police vehicle
   and a university gate engulfed in flames.

   Student protesters in Hong Kong engaged in fierce clashes with police
   at a university campus into the early morning hours of Monday, in what
   appeared to be some of the worst violence since anti-government
   protests began five months ago.

   Police late Sunday raided the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic
   University, where a group of student protesters had barricaded
   themselves for most of the week, stockpiling makeshift weapons,
   including bricks, slingshots, and Molotov cocktails.

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