Mortars or fireworks? That said, I agree that there were certainly protests that consistently became violent at night time for the span of at least weeks, maybe months.
“Mortars” and “fireworks” are overlapping categories.
There was at least one molotov cocktail captured on camera in September landing in the street between a group of protestors and a line of cops, though it is not clear whether anyone was injured by it.
I…disagree.
If I heard “small arms and mortars”, I’d think of the military weapon. (Or “rockets and mortars”, without other context.)
If I hear “molotov cocktails and mortars”, though, I’d think of either the fireworks or some improvised device, but not miltary hardware unless there was some other contextual indication favoring the latter. While its obviously not impossible for a group to both be using Molotov cocktails and have access to military heavy weapons, that’s not really, to me, the normal association.
Well, some mortars are. Other mortars are consumer fireworks.