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Death of Student During Hong Kong Protests Likely to Trigger More Unrest

Reuters

   HONG KONG - A student at a Hong Kong university who fell during
   protests earlier this week died Friday, the first student death in
   months of anti-government demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city that
   is likely to be a trigger for fresh unrest.

   Chow Tsz-lok, 22, an undergraduate student at the Hong Kong University
   of Science and Technology, died of injuries sustained early Monday. The
   circumstances of how he was injured were unclear, but authorities said
   he was believed to have fallen from the third to the second floor in a
   parking garage when police dispersed crowds in a district east of the
   Kowloon Peninsula.

   Chow's death is expected to spark fresh protests and fuel anger and
   resentment against the police, who are already under pressure amid
   accusations of excessive force as the city grapples with its worst
   political crisis in decades.

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