Anti-government protesters holed up in a Hong Kong university were frantically searching for escape routes on Tuesday after more than two days of clashes with police and dramatic breakouts by rope and motorcycle. The siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is part of the 2019 Hong Kong protests occurring in the campus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Protesters initially set-up a roadblock in areas close to the university to defend it from attack by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) given HKPF action at Chinese University of Hong Kong days earlier. Certain citizens attempted to remove the roadblocks. The police shot tear gas and used water cannon to shower the protesters with blue-coloured water mixed with chemical irritants. The protesters responded by throwing bricks and gasoline bombs.Thereafter, the police blocked different campus exits and forbade protesters from leaving. Then police drove an armoured vehicle into campus, arrested first-aiders, medical service volunteers and reporters. The police have also launched extensive volleys of CS gas at the students and protestors in the University, which is located in a densely populated section of Kowloon, despite evidence that the gas can cause severe pulmonary damage and significantly damage the heart and liver of anyone who inhales it.
On November 18 the police launched 1,491 canisters of the gas at protesters as well as shooting 1,981 rounds of rubber bullets, bean bags, and sponge grenades. On November 19 the city's hospitals were overwhelmed by the number of protestors needing urgent medical attention caused by the siege, and advised citizens not to use emergency rooms unless absolutely necessary.
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