[dirtyid]

These kids fucked themselves so hard. Entering LegCo will enable the government to identify (and punish) the most radical elements under HK riot law. Covering their faces won't stop the government from identifying every mobile device that entered the building via cell tower, GPS and wifi router records. Throwing bricks in the public and blending in with the crowd on the street is one thing, entering an easily geofenced government building with identifiable mobile devices is another.

[pasabagi]

They probably used burner phones. At least, that's what people do in Germany.

[4ad]

German people break into the German parliament?

[pishpash]

They want to be arrested as martyrs, that's the whole modus operandi. They want escalation beyond what the majority probably bargained for and it's not going to end well.