Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have planned to hold a rally on October 14 at Chater Garden in Admiralty district near government headquarters at 1100 GMT. This follows another weekend of unrest that saw protesters hurl petrol bombs at the officers. Reports also cite that the police retaliated with tear gas and rubber bullets, as violence in the Chinese-ruled city shows no signs of letting up, said Chinese media. On Sunday, peace turned to chaos when police clashed with the protesters across the Asian financial hub. 

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Protesters attack officers, railway and police stations

The situation turned violent and gory an officer was slashed in the neck by a protester and taken to hospital. As per reports, another set of demonstrators in the New Territories district of Tseung Kwan O attacked two plainclothes officers who they hit repeatedly on the head with hard objects. Even they had to be rushed to the hospital. Amongst more attacks from the protesters, protesters threw more than 20 petrol bombs at a police station in the gritty working-class district of Mong Kok across the harbor in Kowloon. Some protesters even vandalized metro stations as well as mainland Chinese businesses or those deemed pro-Beijing, cited reports. One of the targets of the attacking activists was also railway operator MTR Corp, which they accuse of colluding with the government and police by shutting some services early. Rail network in Hong Kong resumed operations on October 14 despite the damage to some stations. Maintenance work is underway, reported by Chinese media. As per earlier information, train services were supposed to be stopped for maintenance at 10 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Monday, except the Airport Express Line which did not happen. 

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Chinese Government baffled over Senator Cruz's comment

On the other hand, the Chinese Government in a statement said that it is baffled that US Senator Ted Cruz said he had not seen any violent acts by protesters. The US Senator said that Carrie Lam had scrapped a meeting with him. He did not cite the reasons in his statement. The meeting was canceled because Lam had another commitment, the Chinese government said.

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