Hong Kong police said they have made their first arrests in relation to violent protests on Monday when demonstrators sought to disrupt the 22nd anniversary of the territory’s handover from the UK to China and later stormed the city’s de facto parliament.
香港警方表示，他们对参与周一暴力示威活动的相关人员进行了首批逮捕。周一当天，示威者试图破坏庆祝香港主权从英国移交中国22周年纪念活动，后来又占领了香港立法会。
Police said they arrested 12 people over a “violent incident” on Monday outside the city’s legislature, where protesters had gathered to disrupt a flag-raising ceremony marking the 22nd anniversary of the handover.
警方表示，他们逮捕了12名涉嫌于周一在立法会外制造“暴力事件”的人员。当时，示威者聚集在立法院外，并试图破坏庆祝香港主权移交22周年的升旗仪式。
Eleven men and one woman between the ages of 14 to 46 had been arrested for offences including possession of offensive weapons, unlawful assembly and assaulting a police officer, police said. The charges did not relate to the storming of parliament, which happened later that evening.
警方称，他们逮捕了11名男子和1名女子，年龄从14岁至46岁不等，指控包括持有攻击性武器、非法集会和袭警。这些指控未涉及当晚晚些时候发生的占领立法会事件。