2019 protests: Radical groups stole chemicals from Hong Kong universities for bomb plot, court hears

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2019 protests: Radical groups stole chemicals from Hong Kong universities for bomb plot, court hears

Radical groups broke into two university laboratories to steal chemicals for a bomb plot to murder police officers during the 2019 protests and unrest, the prosecution told a terrorism jury trial on Wednesday. The High Court. File Photo: GovHK. Seven people are standing trial under the city’s anti-terrorism act at the High Court, with prosecutors – for the first time – invoking the offence to charge a group accused of planning to carry out a bom…