The shock in Hong Kong after the attack of an armed group against protesters | Chronic

A group of men dressed in white, armed with sticks and metal bars attacked dozens of protesters returning from a demonstration in favor of democratic reforms in a Hong Kong subway station and injured at least 36. people.

deputy Lam Cheuk-tingof the Hong Kong Democratic Party badured the local press that he had been attacked by "dozens of people" what he described as "members of a mafia" and blamed the police for taking more than an hour to intervene.

The attack on this unknown group, which occurred around midnight on Sunday, warmed Hong Kong's social networks, in which videos circulated showing the brutality of these acts.

You can see how the attackers attack all the people dressed in a black t-shirt, the predominant color in the protest that took place yesterday in the city center.

In addition, the indignation of those who claim democratic reforms and oppose the controversial proposal for a law on extradition to China, suspended since July 9, has increased while the images of MP from Hong Kong were spreading. Junius Ho chat amicably and photograph with the attackers. However, Ho denied that it had anything to do with the attackers.

For seven weeks, Hong Kong was the scene of protests that began as protests against a controversial extradition bill to China that, according to lawyers and human rights defenders, could result in access by the Chinese authorities to Beijing. "Fugitive" refugees on the ground in Hong Kong.

In this context, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, said during this day that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinpingacted "in a very responsible way" before the events of the last weeks.

"I know it's a very important situation for President Xi"Trump said, before stressing that the president "let the situation last a long time", in reference to the demonstrations.

"I think it was relatively nonviolent", said the US president who said that Hong Kong people have the right to demonstrate and that "He does not believe China has prevented him".

"China could have stopped them if she wanted to"he said in statements to the press.

In this regard, he noted that "There has never been such an event, with so many people, in which it would appear that there were two million people." "These were big demonstrations, but I hope Xi will do what it takes"He concluded.