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TheWorld

HONG KONG — Thou-

sandsof antigovernmentdem-

onstrators in Hong Kong

dodged police tear gas and oc-

cupied a shopping district and

othercentral areasSunday, in

the second of three straight

days of large-scale civil disobe-

dience.

The maneuvers camea day

after violent street clashes

erupted between protesters

and riot police officers, result-

ing in more than 20 arrests

and a day before a planned

citywide strike that may dis-

rupt daily life in Hong Kong.

The weekend of civil unrest

— in whichthousands of pro-

testers have deliberately kept

authorities guessing their next

move— may place a new level

of pressure on Hong Kong’s

unpopulargovernmentto

meet the protest movement’s

demands.

Those demands includean

independentinquiry into po-

lice violence against protesters

and the complete withdrawal

of suspendedlegislation that

would have allowed extradi-

tions to mainland China.

“Protests have beenhap-

pening in multiple districts at

the same time rather than one

concentrated area, whichis

rather unprecedented,” said

Samson Yuen, an expert on so-

cial movements at Lingnan

University in Hong Kong. “As

protests move towardresiden-

tial areas, anger and momen-

tum has beenbuilding towards

the general strike on Monday.”

On Sunday, the Hong Kong

government warned the public

not to participate in strikes the

next day by disrupting traffic

and blocking roads.

NEWYORK TIMES

Protesters occupy multiplesites across Hong Kong

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Bra-
zilian gang leader tried to es-
cape from prison by dressing
up as his daughter when she
visited him behind bars and
walking out the penitentiary’s
maindoor in her place,au-
thorities said.
But prison officials report-
ed that the nervousness dis-
played by Clauvino da Silva, al-
so known as ‘‘Shorty,’’ as he
triedto leave the prison in the
western part of Rio de Janeiro

dressed as a womangave him

away.

His plan was apparently to

leave his 19-year-old daughter

inside the jail. Police are look-

ing into her possible role as an

accomplicein Saturday’s es-

cape attempt.

A Brazilian official released

photos Sunday showing da Sil-

va in a silicon girl’s mask and

long dark-haired wig, wearing

tight jeans and a pink shirt.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Brazilianprisonfoils escapeattempt

VINCENTTHIAN/ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Protestersflashedlaserbeamsonpoliceduringa protest in HongKongonSunday.

SRINAGAR, India — Ten-
sions have soared along the
volatile, highly militarized
frontier between India and
Pakistan in the disputed Hi-
malayan region of Kashmir, as
India has deployed more
troops and ordered thousands
of visitors out of the region.
Indian firing Sunday along
the Line of Control that sepa-
rates Kashmir between the
archrivals wounded a woman,
and the ongoing skirmishes
spread fear in border villages,
Pakistani police said. The fron-
tier residents on the Pakistani
side are either moving out to
safer placesor have begun
construction of new bunkers,
with some strengthening exist-
ing shelters near their homes.
Pakistan and India, which
both claim Kashmir in its en-
tirety, routinely blame each

other for initiating border skir-

mishes, but the latest ones

come amid the Indian govern-

ment’s evacuation order of

tourists and Hindu pilgrims

and a buildup of troops in its

part of the region.

The measures have sparked

fears in Kashmir that New

Delhi is planning to scrap an

Indian constitutional provi-

sion that forbids Indians from

outside the region frombuying

land in the Muslim-majority

territory.

In recent days, Hindu-ma-

jority India has deployed at

least 10,000 troops in Kash-

mir.

Thousands of additional In-

dian soldiers on Sunday began

camping in police stations and

government buildingsin sev-

eral areas of the region.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Tensions intensify in Kashmir

Daily Briefing

LONDON— A teenager

was arrested on suspicion of

attempted murder after a 6-

year-old boy was thrown from

Tate Modern museum in Lon-

don on Sunday, the Metropoli-

tan Police said.

The child was tossed from

the 10th-floor viewing plat-

formand landed on the fifth-

floor roof, the police said in a

statement. The victim was

treated at the site and then air-

lifted to the hospital in critical

condition.

The 17-year-old malesus-

pect was arrested by police of-

ficers on the same viewing

platform.“There is nothingto

suggest that he is known to the

victim,” police said.

The episode led to the lock-

downof the renowned muse-

um, with somevisitors saying

on social mediathat they were

trappedinside, and others say-

ing they wereturned away.

A police spokeswoman said

authorities werecalled to the

museumabout 2:45 p.m.

Tate Modern is on the south

bankof the River Thames,

across the Millennium Bridge

fromSt. Paul’s Cathedral in the

British capital. It holds galler-

ies of modern and contempo-

rary art in more than 371,

square feet of space.

NEWYORK TIMES

Boy, 6, thrown

from 10th floor

of Tate museum

ByNadaRashwan
NEWYORK TIMES
Sudan’s rulingmilitary
counciland pro-democracy
protesters Sunday initialeda
constitutionaldeclaration
aimedat pavingthe way for a
transitionto civilianrule after
the ouster of President Omaral-
Bashir and months of unrest.
Protest leaders hugged and
congratulated one another with
tearful smiles after officials
signedthe agreement. Repre-
sentatives of both sides lifted up
theircopies of the deal.
“Today, we turna conflict-
riddenpage in Sudan’s history,”
Lieutenant General Mohamed
Hamdan,the deputy chief of
the military councilthat took
over after Bashir’s ouster, said
at the signing event.
Hundredsgatheredoutside
the hall where the document

was signed, singingand chant-

ing, “Civilian government is

ours!”

The African Union envoy,

Mohamed el-Hassan Lebatt,

had announcedat a news con-

ference in the Sudanese capital,

Khartoum,shortly before dawn

Saturday that the two sideshad

reachedan agreementfor a

three-yeartransitionalperiod,

prompting applause and cele-

brations in the streets.

MohanadHamid,a spokes-

manfor the Sudanese Profes-

sionals Association,one of the

mainorganizationsbehindthe

protestmovement,described

the deal as “a breakthrough.”

“It is a successand a great

step forwardtoward establish-

ing democracy in Sudan,” he

said in an interview.

LieutenantGeneral Abdel

Fattah al-Burhan,the headof

the military council, told the TV

channel Al Hadath, “This is the

agreement the Sudanese people

have been waiting for since the

independence” from Britain in

1956.

The Arab Leaguealso wel-

comed the deal.

The agreementbetween Su-

dan’s factionscomes after a

popular uprising that began in

Decemberwitha demonstra-

tion against the soaring price of

bread. The protests expanded

into a movement that led to the

removal of Bashir after 30 years

in power.

The latest roundof negotia-

tions took place over two nights

beginning Thursday. One of the

points that had been left unde-

cidedwas the fate of the Rapid

Support Forces, a paramilitary

run by Hamdan. According to

the agreement signedSunday,

the forces will be overseen by

the Sudanesearmy.

Another point of contention

was the possibility of absolute

immunity fromprosecution for

military generals for past ac-

tions, including protest-related

violence. The agreement estab-

lished that immunity couldbe

lifted for a convicted military

official based on a vote by a leg-

islative body madeup of repre-

sentatives fromthe pro-democ-

racy movements, Hamid said.

Al-Rayah al-Sadig, a leading

memberof the SudanesePro-

fessionals Association,said in

an interview that a new prime

minister, chosen by the Forces

for Freedomand Change, the

main pro-democracy coalition,

would be namedimmediately

after the officialsigningcere-

mony for the constitutional

declaration on Aug. 17.

Agreement advances

civilian rule in Sudan

Celebrationsin streets after military, oppositionsignpact

EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP/GETTYIMAGES

Peoplecelebratedin KhartoumSunday afterSudan’s military rulersandprotest leaderssignedtheagreement(top).

ASHRAFSHAZLY/AFP/GETTYIMAGES

‘Today, weturna conflict-ridden page

in Sudan’s history.’

LIEUTENANTGENERAL MOHAMED HAMDAN

ByVivianYee

andYonette Joseph

NEWYORKTIMES

BEIRUT — Iran seized a for-

eignoil tanker in the Persian

Gulf, state television reported

Sunday, the thirdtimeTehran

has reported detaining a tanker

in the last monthas the United

States applies its campaign of

“maximum pressure,” sanctions

anddiplomatic isolation

against the country.

The tanker was detained by

the country’s Revolutionary

Guard on Wednesday, along

withthe seven membersof the

ship’s foreign crew, according to

officialIraniannews agencies,

whichciteda naval command-

er. Iran did not identify who

owned or operated the ship, but

saidthe tanker was “smug-

gling” fuel to some Arab states,

without offering evidence.

The Trumpadministration

has tried to force Iran into sub-

mission by choking off its oil

sales,the cornerstone of the

country’s economy. Iran has re-

spondedby lashingout at the

West throughprovocations

small and large — including the

recent tanker seizures — raising

fearsthat any miscalculation

and tit-for-tat responseswould

escalate into war.

The Trumpadministration’s

stated goal is to extract a nucle-

ar deal from Iran that is more

favorable to US interests than

the 2015agreementthat Presi-

dentTrumpabandonedlast

year. Criticssay, however, the

administration has only under-

minedany path to diplomacy

by making demands that Iran

cannot accept.

The Iranians,in turn, have

taken steps to renege on their

commitmentsunder the 2015

deal and have threatened to vio-

latetheagreementfurtherun-

less European countries that

cosignedthe deal offer some re-

lief fromthe sanctions. The Eu-

ropeans have madeclear that

they hope to preserve the deal,

but they have not beenable to

givea meaningfulboost to

Iran’s economy, which is reeling

underthe weight of the sanc-

tions.

That has led to a split be-

tween Europeand the United

States despite their commonin-

terest in making sure crucial oil

shippingroutes in the Persian

Gulf are protected against Ira-

nianand other threats. The

Trumpadministration has

soughtto rally a maritime force

to escort ships throughthe

Gulf, but European nations

have distanced themselves

from the effort, and Germany

has outright said no.

The latest foreign vessel Iran

said it had seizedreceivedfuel

fromother ships and had been

transporting it to Arab coun-

tries in the Persian Gulf, the

commander of Iran’s Second

Marine Corps said in a state-

mentto the Fars News Agency.

The ship was detainedin coor-

dination withjudicialauthori-

ties, he said.

The commandersaidthe

shiphad beencarrying about

700,000 liters of fuel, about

185,000 US standardgallons.

The semiofficial Iranian news

agency Fars said on Twitter that

“seven foreign nationals” had

beendetained.The news agen-

cy Mehr reported that the ship

had been seized near Farsi Is-

land, a tiny, barren Iranian ter-

ritory northwest of the Strait of

Hormuz.

A Revolutionary Guard

statementsaidthe shiphad

beenseized to the southof the

Iranianislandof Larak, in the

northern part of the Strait of

Hormuz,the narrowwaterway

that is a vital conduit for mari-

timepetroleumtraffic in and

out of the Persian Gulf.

The oil tanker wasthen

transferred to Bushehrprov-

ince, the statementsaid, and its

cargo delivered to the depart-

ment of the NationalIranian

Oil Product DistributionCo. in

the same province, Mehr re-

ported. No further details were

provided,includingwho owns

the vesseland the nationalities

of the seized crew members.

The state-run Iranian televi-

sionoutlet Press TV later re-

leased videofootage of what it

said was the seized ship, show-

ing a smaller boat approaching

the vessel and images of oil in

the hull. No identifying marks

on the larger tanker werevisi-

ble.

Iran says it has

seized another

tanker in Gulf

3dship taken, as

face-off escalates