Hong Kong Leaders Apologize to Muslims After Water Cannon Fired at Mosque
The entrance to the Kowloon Mosque covered in blue-dyed liquid sprayed by a police water cannon vehicle, Oct. 20.
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Hong Kong (AP) -- Hong Kong officials apologized to Muslim leaders Monday after riot police sprayed a mosque and bystanders with a water cannon while trying to contain turbulent weekend pro-democracy demonstrations in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
The city's leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and the police chief visited the Kowloon Mosque to apologize to the chief imam and Muslim community leaders.