Armed mob storms Hong Kong train station, attack people

36 people were injured when the armed mob attacked the commuters on the Yuen Long MTR station.

Hong Kong: In the whirlpool of protest in Hong Kong an armed mob violence left the city in shock. A mob of masked assailants armed with batons stormed a train station in the Hong Kong district of Yuen Long.

36 people were injured in this violence which took place on Sunday.

According to the footage posted on social media, men in white T-shirts attacked the people on platforms and inside the train carriages.

The mob attack followed the latest pro-democracy rally in the centre of Hong Kong, where riot police had fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.

The motive of the attack and the identity of the mob were unclear.

As per the government statement, some people in Yuen Long congregated at the platform of the MTR station and train compartments attacking commuters.

"This is unacceptable to Hong Kong as a society that observes the rule of law. The Special Administrative Region government strongly condemns any violence and will seriously take enforcement actions."

Hong Kong Police also said: "Some people attacked commuters at the platforms of the Yuen Long MTR station and train compartments, resulting in multiple injuries."

The mob stormed Yuen Long MTR station at about 10.30 p.m., hours after clashes between protesters and police in the Sheung Wan area earlier in the day.

Yuen Long is a more remote district of Hong Kong and is far away from the site of the main pro-democracy protests.

Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in Hong Kong at a large pro-democracy rally and charged demonstrators who threw objects at police lines.

The protest route was altered with protesters told to stop at Wan Chai rather than Central, where the key government offices are located.

Some 4,000 police officers were deployed.