A damaged car is seen during a protest against the Yuen Long attacks in Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong, China July 27, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators hurling rocks in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members at a train station last weekend.
Activists held the march in Yuen Long, scene of the attack by club-wielding men, despite a police ban on safety grounds.
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