China's news agency condemns attack on its Hong Kong office as 'barbaric'

Protesters plan more action after violent night that saw attack on state-owned Xinhua agency

China’s state-owned news agency, Xinhua, has denounced the attack on its Hong Kong office by pro-democracy protesters as “barbaric”.

In a brief statement late on Saturday, Xinhua strongly condemned the “barbaric acts of mobs” that had vandalised and set fire to the lobby of its Asia-Pacific office building in the city’s Wan Chai neighbourhood.

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