FILE PHOTO: An anti-government demonstrator stands in fron of a police vehicle during a protest against the invocation of the emergency laws in Hong Kong, China, October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday ruled out making any concessions to pro-democracy protesters in the face of escalating violence, which police said was now "life threatening" citing the detonation of a small bomb.
"I have said on many occasions that violence will not give us the solution. Violence would only breed more violence," Lam told a news conference.
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