Smash and grab: Crime gangs prey on Hong Kong protests

The Hong Kong seller of luxury watches looked on in horror as masked men wielding the biggest sledgehammer he’d ever seen smashed through the door of a neighboring watch store, held a machete to the owner’s throat, scooped up hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of timepieces, and then scattered into the city's maze of streets. This time, the watch merchants of Kowloon fought back.

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