Hong Kong cancels all departing flights amid protests, Lam warns of ‘point of no return’ | World News, The Indian Express

Hong Kong cancels all departing flights amid protests, Lam warns of ‘point of no return’ | World News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: August 13, 2019 4:24:17 pm

Hong Kong cancels all departing flights amid protests, Lam warns of ‘point of no return’

While Beijing has stridently labelled the protests as something akin to "terrorism", Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said the ongoing instability, chaos and violence have placed the city on a "path of no return".

A police officer aims a shotgun marked in orange as less than lethal during clashes with protesters near the police station in the Sham Shui Po neighbourhood in Hong Kong, Aug. 11, 2019. Hong Kong was convulsed by mass demonstrations and chaos for a second straight day on Sunday. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)

Hong Kong authorities cancelled all remaining flights out of the city after protesters took over the terminals and crippled operations at the international airport Tuesday. Immigration counters too were shut down after the anti-government protesters blocked the entrance. The protesters set up a long barricade made of luggage trolleys at one of the main security gates, then stood up to block passengers who sought to get through.