有傳聞稱，一些福建協會正在動員大陸的親戚和朋友前往該區，以武力報復傳聞周日在北角舉行示威遊行的示威者。
8日11日北角淪為疑似「福建幫」「愛國民兵」地盤，恐懼氣氛籠罩，區內八、九成商舖落閘。揚言要向「港獨」宣戰的「福建幫」及大陸愛國團體昨聚集區內，早上先在富臨皇宮酒樓內聚餐及派發紅衣，磨拳擦掌要揪出示威者「祭旗」，唯示威者没有出現，整個下午困守酒樓內，屢次襲擊記者及在場人士，警方將至少兩人帶走，未知有否檢控。至晚上時分，「福建幫」化身街頭民兵，不問緣由，見黑衫或戴口罩的人士即上前圍毆，辱罵及出手攻擊推撞記者。
由於大批傳媒及警員守候富臨皇宮酒樓門口，職員傍晚5時許拉閘，只容一人的閘口出入，大批「愛國人士」困守在酒樓內，怒氣無處宣洩，至晚上主動走出街頭鬧事。
晚上8時許，一名戴口罩穿黑衫的青年途經酒樓，有人不問身份即衝前將其群毆，對方被打至滿口鮮血，其中一名暴徒不滿被拍攝，搶走立場新聞記者的燈腳棍尾揮動打人，再拳毆一名香港電台記者左膊，眾人逞兇後立即四散。黑衣傷者被送入院，事後表示是一名福建中學升中六生，當時準備到書局買書，詎料遭到不明人士毆打。
警方事後未有拘捕滋事者，反而鎖起在場勸喻街坊回家的城市花園社區主任仇栩欣。至晚上9時，防暴警察到場「勸走」聚集街頭的「愛國人士」。
Rumours have been circulating in Hong Kong that some Fujianese associations were mobilising relatives and friends from their hometowns on the mainland to travel to the city and settle scores with protesters, who may demonstrate in North Point on Sunday.
On 11 August, fear permeated North Point, which appeared to be ruled by suspected “Fujian Gang” and “Patriotic Militia”. 80-90% of shops were shuttered. The “Fujian Gang” and the mainland patriotic group that declare war on “Hong Kong independence” gathered in the area yesterday. In the morning, they were at Fulum Palace Restaurant and distributed red T-shirts, ready for retaliation to the protesters who did not appear. They were trapped in the restaurant throughout the afternoon and repeatedly attacked journalists and passers-by. The police took in at least two people after prolonged complaints but unsure if they were charged. In the evening, the suspected “Fujian gangs” became street militia and attacked passers-by in black or wearing mask and journalists.
As a large number of media and police officers waited at the entrance of the Fulum Palace restaurant, the gate was shuttered at 5 pm and only allowed one person to pass at a time. A large number of “patriots” were trapped in the restaurant, angered and nowhere to vent, and took the initiative to walk out the streets at night making trouble.
At 8 o’clock in the evening, a young man in black shirt and a mask passed by the restaurant. He was brutally beaten and kicked by at least 8-10 people until bloody in the mouth. One of the attackers was unhappy about being photographed by the journalists. He broke a section of a monopod from a reporter, and started waving it to hit people including a RTHK reporter who was injured. The attackers immediately dispersed. The injured man in black was sent to the hospital. He was said to be a student at Fujian Secondary School. He going to a bookstore but was brutally attacked.
The police did not arrest the attackers afterwards. Instead, they locked up the City Garden community director, Ms Sao, who was there to ask people to go home. At 9 pm, the riot police came to the scene to “persuade” the “patriots” to leave the streets.
