Hundreds of anti-Occupy protesters gathered in Central and marched towards the Occupy protest site in Admiralty. At least a dozen taxis have also joined in the protest. Scuffles broke out as anti-Occupiers tried to tear down barricades and there have been reports of arrests.
Follow what’s happened so far through these Tweets:
hundreds of anti occupy protesters push against police cordon shouting Open the Road pic.twitter.com/aYdATf7ayB
— David Tweed (@DavidTweed) October 13, 2014
police link hands to hold anti occupy protesters back. These are mainly older guys. #hkoccupy pic.twitter.com/Z79qhjp7Ui
— David Tweed (@DavidTweed) October 13, 2014
Police have just detained this man for pulling out these cutters out in admiralty occupy area pic.twitter.com/FIx92BxDCl
— Ed Flanagan (@edmundflanagan) October 13, 2014
Scene at Queensway as anti-occupy forces attempt to clear #OccupyCentral barricades. pic.twitter.com/WKlc213jbi
— PenguinSix (@PenguinSix) October 13, 2014
Just some average concerned citizens #OccupyCentral #UmbrellaMovement [pic @antd] pic.twitter.com/ozeR0X8OxK
— Aidan Mac Guill (@aidanmacguill) October 13, 2014
It’s chaos in central. Blue ribbons, anonymous masked protesters, taxi drivers and students all clashing at once pic.twitter.com/iElqSyvUay
— Ed Flanagan (@edmundflanagan) October 13, 2014
Photo: PenguinSix via Twitter
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