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2019 Yuen Long attack

2019 Yuen Long attack
Part of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
Top: Armed mob dressed in white attacking passengers at Yuen Long station platform
Bottom: Riot police seemingly ignoring armed individuals dressed in white who were intimidating reporters
MapMap
Location in Hong Kong
Native name7·21 元朗襲擊
LocationYuen Long, The New Territories,
Hong Kong
Coordinates22°26′46″N 114°2′8″E / 22.44611°N 114.03556°E / 22.44611; 114.03556 (Location)
Date21 July 2019
20:30 – 04:30[1] (HKT, UTC+08:00)
Target
Attack type
Congregation of people leading to confrontations,[2] violent acts[3] and assault cases[4] (by official)
WeaponsWooden sticks, handles, poles, rattan canes,
steel rods, metal tubes,[5] knife, iron pass
Deaths0
InjuredAt least 45 people (including 1 pregnant woman,[6] 1 critical and 5 in serious condition)
Victims
    • Anti-extradition bill protesters
    • Train passengers and bystanders
    • Journalists
    • Paramedics
    • Lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting
Assailants600-700 (at peak) white-shirted men with triad background[7]
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
Background
Timeline
2019
2020
Major incidents
Tactics and methods
Fatalities
Reactions to the protests
Reactions to the Hong Kong national security law
2020
2021
2019 Yuen Long attack
Traditional Chinese2019年元朗襲擊事件
Simplified Chinese2019年元朗袭击事件
Alternative name
Traditional Chinese721事件
Alternative name（3）
Traditional Chinese元朗暴力事件
Alternative name（4）
Traditional Chinese721西鐵元朗站事件
Simplified Chinese721西铁元朗站事件
Alternative name（5）
Traditional Chinese元朗黑夜

The 2019 Yuen Long attack, also known as the 721 incident, or 721 821,[8] refers to a mob attack that occurred in Yuen Long, a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong, on the evening of 21 July 2019.[9] It took place in the context of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.[9][10][11] A mob of indigenous Yuen Long villagers dressed in white, claiming to protect Yuen Long against protestors stormed the MTR's Yuen Long station.[12][13] and allegedly caused 45 injuries, which included[14] protesters returning from a demonstration in Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island,[15] journalists and lawmakers.[16]

Despite over 24,000 calls to the 999 emergency hotline,[17] the police arrived 39 minutes after the attacks and one minute after the mobs had left the station.[18][19][20] Around 30 non-police tactical unit trained police officers were assigned to standby at Tuen Mun Police Station for contingency.[21] No arrests were made that night. At least 45 people were injured in the incident,[22] including a suspected pregnant woman.[23] However, the Hospital Authority reassured the public that accident and emergency departments at public hospitals had not received any cases of pregnant women related to the incident.[24]

The government later distanced itself from the violence, and rejected accusations that it or the police had colluded with the mob.[15] Over the following two years, the government and police commented that the public were misled into seeing the Yuen Long attacks as a “one-sided indiscriminate terrorist attack”, as the incident was in fact “started off as a gang fight involving a sizeable number of participants from both sides.”[25][26]

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  2. ^ "The Government strongly condemns violent acts". Government of Hong Kong. 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020. Meanwhile in Yuen Long, some people congregated at the platforms of the MTR station and train compartments, attacking commuters. It led to confrontations and injuries.
  3. ^ "Transcript of remarks by CE at media session (with video)". Government of Hong Kong. 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020. At the time when we issued that statement about the Yuen Long violent acts
  4. ^ "Police condemn violent acts". Government of Hong Kong. 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020. Meanwhile, assault cases also happened in Yuen Long.
  5. ^ 凌逸德 (23 July 2019). "【元朗黑夜】黑社會跨幫派聯手搗亂西鐵站 藤條鑲珠賤招毒打市民". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. ^ "【元朗襲擊】白裙女懷孕不足3個月沒通知醫院 診所求醫證胎平安". Ming Pao (in Chinese). 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  7. ^ "721 Yuen Long Attack". HKCNEWS. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  8. ^ Jha, Preeti (31 August 2020). "Hong Kong protests: The flashpoints in a year of anger". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b Leung, Christy; Ting, Victor (22 July 2019). "Hong Kong police chief defends officers arriving 35 minutes after first reports of Yuen Long mob violence against protesters and MTR passengers". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Pan-dems accuse police of collusion with Yuen Long triads". The Standard. Hong Kong: Sing Tao News Corporation. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Mob Attack at Hong Kong Train Station Heightens Seething Tensions in City". The New York Times. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  12. ^ "'Where were the police?' Hong Kong outcry after masked thugs launch attack". The Guardian. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  13. ^ "45 injured after mob attack at Hong Kong MTR station". Channel NewsAsia. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  14. ^ "How marauding gang dressed in white struck fear into Yuen Long". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  15. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Cheng, Kris (22 July 2019). "Chaos and bloodshed in Hong Kong district as hundreds of masked men assault protesters, journalists, residents". Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP). Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  17. ^ Mahtani, Shibani; Shih, Gerry. "Hong Kong protesters occupy airport amid fears of escalating violence". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  18. ^ "元朗無差別襲擊事件重組：警察在白衣人離開一分鐘後到場 – 端傳媒 – 23 July 2019". 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  19. ^ 港鐵稱報警後警員「都有段時間」才到元朗站 – RTHK (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). RTHK. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  20. ^ "【睇片】元朗站惡煞木棒打人 《立場》記者市民被追打受傷 事發半小時未見警員執法 – 立場報道 – 立場新聞". The Stand News (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Police standing idly by in Yuen Long police station while the attack occurred with a great number of citizens demanding the Police to take action" (PDF). Archived from the original on 3 September 2020.
  22. ^ At least 45 injured as rod-wielding mob dressed in white rampages through Yuen Long station, beating screaming protesters Archived 22 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine – South China Morning Post
  23. ^ 【元朗襲擊】白裙女懷孕不足3個月沒通知醫院 診所求醫證胎平安 (22:46). online "instant news". Ming Pao. Hong Kong: Media Chinese International. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  24. ^ "How marauding gang dressed in white struck fear into Yuen Long". South China Morning Post. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  25. ^ Cite error: The named reference changing narrative was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  26. ^ "Incident Day – Sunday 21 July 2019 Yuen Long.pdf" (PDF).

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