Dragon Slaying Brigade
| Dragon Slaying Brigade | |||||||||||
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| Dates of operation | 25 August 2019 – 23 August 2020 | ||||||||||
| Opponents | Hong Kong Police Force | ||||||||||
| Battles and wars | 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 屠龍小隊 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 屠龙小队 | ||||||||||
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The Dragon Slaying Brigade (Chinese: 屠龍小隊) was a group of anti-government protesters formed amid the 2019–2020 protests in Hong Kong. It was described as the most violent group among the "valiant" protesters, those who advocated direct confrontation with the police in contrast to "peaceful, rational, nonviolent" protesters. The group's name was derived from its target, the Special Tactical Contingent of the Hong Kong Police Force, nicknamed the "Velociraptor Contingent" (速龍小隊). The Chinese characters for Velociraptor, 速龍, literally mean "swift dragon".
In its first public statement, it claimed responsibility for attacks on 25 August 2019 against local businesses perceived as pro-Beijing by protesters. Most of its members were arrested in 2020 (including one of the Hong Kong 12), while a few others fled to Taiwan.