Hong Kong police severely condemns Tuesday's violent protests

Hong Kong police on Wednesday severely condemned massive violent protests, which broke out across the city on Tuesday.

A large number of protesters participated in unlawful assemblies in Causeway Bay, Sha Tin, Wong Tai Sin, Sham Shui Po, Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, blocking carriageways, setting up barricades and randomly conducting arson on Tuesday, according to the police.

Several Mass Transit Railway stations were vandalized, and some rioters even hurled petrol bombs at trains and onto railways, while other rioters set fire to government complexes and damaged shops.

More than 180 people have been arrested for the offences of taking part in a riot, unlawful assembly, assaulting of a police officer and possession of an offensive weapon, the police said in a statement.

At least 25 police officers were injured in the operations.

The police have also mentioned a male attacker who was injured by the police in the operations.

In a riotous attack in Tsuen Wan, a large group of rioters used iron poles to attack officers conducting a dispersal operation, seriously threatening their lives, read the statement.

After issuing a warning in vain, an officer fired a gun shot at a male attacker, according to the police, adding that the 18-year-old was injured and rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital in a conscious state.