Tensions rise after ‘triad members’ attack


United front: City leader Carrie Lam speaking to the media during a press conference in Hong Kong. — AFP

Hong Kong: Anger soared in Hong Kong over a vicious assault on pro-democracy protesters by suspected triad gangsters that left do­­zens wounded, a dramatic escalation of the political turmoil plaguing the Chinese city.

The financial hub’s roiling unrest took a dark turn late Sunday when gangs of men – most wearing white T-shirts and carrying bats, sticks and metal poles – set upon anti-government demonstrators as they returned from another huge march earlier that day.

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