Hong Kong police in fresh assault on protest barricades

Hundreds of police armed with chainsaws and boltcutters made a fresh assault on protest barricades in Hong Kong Tuesday, a day after a similar attempt backfired as demonstrators reinforced their defences.

Officers made a dawn raid at one rally site in the financial hub's bustling shopping district and hours later moved on a second set of barricades at the edge of the main protest encampment near the city's government headquarters.