Riot police walk across Hennessy Road during a protest in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Violence escalated in Hong Kong as protesters set fires and vandalized train stations and banks, pushing back against government efforts to quell demonstrations when it invoked a colonial-era emergency law. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
HONG KONG (Bloomberg): Hong Kong suffered one of its most violent weekends since anti-China protests began in June, with demonstrators paralysing large swaths of the financial hub after leader Carrie Lam imposed emergency rule for the first time in more than half a century to ban face masks.
On a holiday weekend normally packed with tourists, the city's already reeling economy took another hit as banks, supermarkets and rail all cut service. MTR Corp., the rail operator, halted all travel except direct lines to the airport on Saturday for the first time since 2007. Train services remained limited on Monday, a holiday, with most stations closed due to vandalism. For the second time in a week, a teenage demonstrator was shot and wounded in scuffles with police.
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Riot police walk across Hennessy Road during a protest in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Violence escalated in Hong Kong as protesters set fires and vandalized train stations and banks, pushing back against government efforts to quell demonstrations when it invoked a colonial-era emergency law. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
Riot police detain a protester during an anti-government rally in central Hong Kong, China October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A riot police officer clashes with a protester during an anti-government rally in central Hong Kong, China October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Riot police stand in front of a cloud of tear gas on Hennessy Road during a protest in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Violence escalated in Hong Kong as protesters set fires and vandalized train stations and banks, pushing back against government efforts to quell demonstrations when it invoked a colonial-era emergency law. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
First aid volunteers rinse the eyes of pedestrians after tear gas was deployed during a protest at a street market in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Violence escalated in Hong Kong as protesters set fires and vandalized train stations and banks, pushing back against government efforts to quell demonstrations when it invoked a colonial-era emergency law. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
Police detain a demonstrator during a protest in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China October 6, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Angus Wong Chun Yiu/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.
Flames by a molotov cocktail can been seen on a journalist during a protest in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China October 6, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Angus Wong Chun Yiu/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.
Pedestrians walk past shuttered restaurants during a protest at Fashion Walk shopping street in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Violence escalated in Hong Kong as protesters set fires and vandalized train stations and banks, pushing back against government efforts to quell demonstrations when it invoked a colonial-era emergency law. Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
A protester (C) is detained by police during clashes with protesters at the Wan Chai district in Hong Kong on October 6, 2019. - Hong Kong was rocked by fresh violence on October 6 as tens of thousands hit the streets to defy a ban on face masks, sparking clashes with police, street fights and vandalism across the strife-torn city. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
