Hong Kong in chaos as protesters gather at universities with bows and arrows

Campuses become latest battleground after months of protests that have brought the city to a standstill

Hong Kong was paralysed on Wednesday, with riot police making arrests in a busy business district, much of the city's public transport suspended and all universities closed following sharp clashes overnight with anti-government protesters.

Around lunch time, hundreds of protesters in office outfits took to the streets in Central, the city's most prestigious business district, for the third day in a row. Bricks were strewn across the normally busy, traffic-filled thoroughfares as white-collar workers shouted slogans. Some held placards emblazoned: "Do not shoot our young people!"