Storming of the Legislative Council Complex

Storming of the Legislative Council Complex
Storming of the Legislative Council Complex
Part of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
	Aftermath of the storming, inside the Legislative Council Complex's conference hall
Date	1–2 July 2019 ; 13:30 – 01:00 (UTC+08:00)
Location	Legislative Council Complex, Central, Hong Kong; 22°16′52″N 114°09′58″E / 22.281087°N 114.166127°E
Goals	Government fulfillment of the five key demands of the anti-extradition bill movement
Methods	Occupation of the Legislative Council Complex and major roads
Resulted in	Rejection of the demonstrators' demands and condemnation of their actions by the government; Severe damage to the interior and exterior of the Legislative Council Complex, resulting in the building being shut-down for three months;
Parties
Protesters	Hong Kong Government Hong Kong Police Force;
Number
~300 protesters and reporters inside the complex; Up to 30,000 protesters in the vicinity;	1,000+ police officers
Casualties and losses
66 arrested	15 injured

On 1 July 2019, anti-government protesters in Hong Kong sieged, broke into, and subsequently occupied the Legislative Council Complex during the campaign to halt the enactment of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill. Hundreds of protesters broke through the glass walls and metal doors and entered the building, then ransacked and vandalised the interior with anti-government and anti-PRC slogans. The storming is considered a watershed event in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests;^[1] it was the most violent episode in their initial stage.^[2] Nine days later, on 9 July, the Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, announced that the extradition bill was "dead".^[3]

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