Hong Kong: 30 protestors injured amid clashes with riot police

At least 30 protestors suffered injuries after riot police fired sponge grenade and gas canister at Chinese University in Hong Kong."Some were hit by tear gas which exploded on their masks," South China Morning Post quoted a veteran paramedic. "Some have 1 to 2 cm open wounds and internal bleeding."The situations in the semi-autonomous territory have deteriorated with Protesters have hurled petrol bombs and other objects at Tin Shui Wai Police Station in the New Territories.Protestors have pried open the metal gate of Kowloon Tong MTR station and thrown at least two petrol bombs onto the tracks.Reacting to the protests, the police spokesman Kong Wing-cheung, earlier in the day, said society had been "pushed to the brink of a total breakdown" over the past two days -- and said if anyone who was still making excuses for protesters' violence, they needed to "do some soul-searching.""If anyone still has any wishful thinking that they can achieve their so-called ideals by using violence, ..