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H
ong Kong's national security police on Friday raided buildings at the city's top university after its student leaders paid tribute to a man who stabbed a policeman.
Antipolice sentiment has been running high in Hong Kong, a deeply polarized city since huge, often violent prodemocracy protests that took place in 2019.
On July 1 a lone attacker knifed a police officer in a busy shopping district before taking his own life in what authorities labelled an act of "domestic terrorism".
Officials warned people against mourning the attacker, saying any memorials amounted to "advocating violence, inciting hatred and beautifying attacks".
But the student union council at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) expressed "deep sadness" at the man's death in a statement, which prompted officials to call for action against the body.
Dozens of police officers with suitcases and boxes arrived at the university on Friday afternoon and searched buildings housing the student union, campus TV station and undergraduate office.
"The police is investigating a case related to advocating terrorism and searched our studio," Kong Chak-ho, chairperson of the campus TV station told reporters.
