Hong Kong protesters smash through metro station, setting off sprinklers

Protesters in Hong Kong on Friday damaged the Sha Tin Metro station, after Carrie Lam's government said it would invoke a British colonial-era law to allow authorities to make emergency regulations including banning face masks, which have been widely used by protesters to hide their identities over nearly four months of unrest.

Crowds smashed ticket gates, sprinkler systems and spray-painted security cameras inside the station a day before the law was set to come into effect.

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