Gang attack at Hong Kong's Yuen Long MRT station, leaves pregnant woman and protesters injured


An angry mob tries to enter the Yuen Long MTR station to attack protesters returning from Sunday night's extradition bill march. – SCMP

While riot police were firing round after round of tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters in Sheung Wan at around 10.40pm on Sunday night, a more terrifying drama was playing out in Hong Kong’s northern town of Yuen Long.

In a shockingly violent rampage of unprecedented lawlessness, a mob of men in white T-shirts stormed into the Yuen Long MTR station, indiscriminately attacking people with sticks and iron rods.

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