4:46 a.m. ET, September 2, 2019
Over 1,100 people have been arrested since mass protests started in June
There have been 1,117 people arrested since Hong Kong's summer of dissent kicked off on June 9 -- and almost 15% were arrested last weekend.
In a press conference Monday, police said they had arrested 159 people from Friday to Sunday. Assistant Commissioner of Police Mak Chin-ho said 132 were men and 27 were women. One was a 13-year-old boy arrested while carrying two Molotov cocktails.
During the weekend, protesters threw petrol bombs and lit bonfires on the streets, while police fired water cannons and tear gas.
The numbers make this past weekend one of the biggest for arrests in the three-month protest movement. During a city-wide strike last month, 148 people were arrested in a single day.