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| Hong Kong police battle protesters trying to escape arrest |
| 2019-11-19 |
| [DAWN] Hong Kong police using tear gas and rubber bullets fought off protesters on Monday as they tried to break through a police cordon that is trapping hundreds of them on a university campus. Protesters advanced on the police from outside the cordon, while others emerged from the campus, their trademark umbrellas at the fore. Police in some places swooped in to subdue protesters and make arrests. It wasn’t clear if any of those inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University escaped. Hong Kong’s work week started with multiple protests that disrupted traffic, and schools remained closed because of safety concerns. There was a temporary lull in the pitched battles for control of the Polytechnic campus as the emphasis shifted from battering the protesters with tear gas and water cannons to waiting for them to come out. |
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