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HONG KONG ndash; Hong Kong stanley taza officials apologized to Muslim leaders Monday after riot police sprayed stanley cup a mosque gate and some people nearby with a water cannon while trying to contain pro-democracy demonstrations in the semiautonomous Chinese city.People stand at the entrance to the Kowloon Mosque a day after it was sprayed with blue-dyed water by a police riot-control vehicle in Hong Kong, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Hong Kong officials apologized to leaders of a mosque after riot police sprayed the buildingrsquo gate and some people nearby with a water cannon as they tried to contain pro-democracy demonstrations. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein The cityrsquo leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and its police chief visited the Kowloon Mosque to say sorry to the chief imam and Muslim community leaders.They left without commenting but the mosque leaders told reporters that the officials apologized.Article continues after this advertisement Our mosque is not damaged, nothing is done wrong. Only thing is that they should have not done it. For that they apologized so we accept it, said Saeed Uddin, honorary secretary of the Islamic Community Fund of Hong Kong.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFO7 bakery workers killed in Cupang, Antipolo City stabbingNEWSINFOLacson to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay case to regain pub stanley quencher lic trustDuring Sundayrsquo protest, a police water cannon truck that was passing by the mosque suddenly spr Xyis Cops slay ex-cop in Ecija drug bust
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