Rallies were held in multiple cities in the United Kingdom to commemorate the 4th anniversary of The 6/12 protest during the Hong Kong anti-extradition protests in 2019.
On Sunday, June 11, 2023, A British-Hongkonger group, Hongkongers in Southampton, UK, held a rally at the Bargate to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the 6/12 incident. About 100 people attended the event.
Some of the attendees were later attacked on the streets by several Mandarin Chinese speakers.
One of the perpetrators was identified as an exchange student from Beijing studying at Southampton University.
A video showed three men violently assaulting a man on the street. A sixth person in the attacker’s group was seen watching on the sideline but did not get actively involved in the attack….