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    Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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    The battle between Polytechnic University protesters and police has erupted again on Sunday morning, after pro-Beijing supporters tried to clear barricades but were stopped by students. Volleys of tear gas have been fired since 10am. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/sFOZSiZPqL

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      2. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        From inside the Polytechnic University, protesters have sallied forth to defend the heavily-barricaded junction between Chatham Road South and Austin Road. Tear gas continues to be fired intermittently at noon. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/YzXzRFOiBP

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      3. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        The Education Bureau has announced that kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools will remain closed on Monday. File photo: Apple Daily. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/sPinSx6Wqr

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      4. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        At the Chinese army barracks adjacent to the Polytechnic University, a soldier is filmed watching the scenes with his binoculars. Photo: HK01 screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/EzM831bVuB

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      5. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        A stand-off continues, as riot police mass outside the Rosary Church on Chatham Road South, and protesters mass behind barricades with umbrellas on Austin Road. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/7nK6enTxTD

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      6. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        At CUHK's No. 2 Bridge, some security guards told Apple Daily they thought the concrete slabs installed by the Highways Department were deliberately provocative towards students. Photo: Apple Daily. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/4leAKqBSqI

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      7. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        At 1:45pm, a police water cannon truck arrived at the Chatham Road South - Austin Road junction. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/jdlKlCWIQT

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      8. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        A second water cannon truck arrived from another direction on Chatham Road South, and fired water towards the barricades - although protesters have backed off. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/vPCyEuTyG7

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      9. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        As has regularly been the case over the past months, the water cannon trucks then fired towards journalists outside the Polytechnic University. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/lwV79eqZF2

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      10. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        The water cannon trucks fire pepper-laced water and blue dye towards the front entrance of the Polytechnic University. Riot police fire tear gas from behind the trucks. Protesters hurl Molotov cocktails at the trucks in response. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/Y6266RPcNG

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      11. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        Thick black smoke and fires engulf Austin Road outside the main entrance to the Polytechnic University. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/BDc0AUnBIW

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      12. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        Hundreds of tear gas cannisters have been fired, although the wind is blowing some of the smoke back towards the police firing from outside Rosary Church. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/X4oWa6nSks

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      13. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        A water cannon truck has fired so much that it has retreated behind police lines and is requiring replenishing of liquids. Photo: InMedia screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/KzLue0JLLl

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      14. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        A police media liaison officer has apparently been shot with an arrow outside the Polytechnic University, and is taken to hospital. Photo: Telegram. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/x6xmt53Ckx

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      15. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        The water cannon trucks stand by at the junction after firing shortly before 3pm. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/g2eMlu6TN4

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      16. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        Reports suggest that police have tested the use of an LRAD - a device emitting sound waves to cause dizziness to people on the scene - at Polytechnic University. Photo: CityUSU screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/8Et30uNn5z

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      17. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        As the standoff at the Polytechnic University continues, protests erupt in locations such as Mong Kok, where riot police have arrived. Photo: Telegram. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/9hXunD836i

        4 replies 134 retweets 156 likes
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      18. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        Meanwhile, Kowloon Tong's City University has ordered its students to leave all dormitories by 4pm, claiming that water supplies have been contaminated. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/kEry3EoIRh

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      19. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 16
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        Tear gas is fired on Nathan Road in Mong Kok on Sunday afternoon. Photo: TMHK screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/FdKl3taGZQ

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      20. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        Intense clashes continue outside Polytechnic University on Sunday afternoon, as a journalist's greying hair is dyed blue from the water cannon. Photo: Benjamin Yuen / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/c3qG0e8kjA

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      21. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        There are reports of police units roaming the History and Science Musems to detect any firing of arrows. Further to the outskirts of the Polytechnic University, there are reports of police stopping and searching vehicles to halt any supplies. Photo: Viola Kam / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/mfEy3s8vHg

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      22. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        Pro-Beijing district council candidate Maxine Yao led a group of supporters to try and clear away barricades blocking the Hung Hom Cross-Harbour Tunnel on Sunday afternoon, but left shortly after being heckled and threatened by protesters and passers-by. Photo: InMedia.pic.twitter.com/hS0g6bR2Wq

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      23. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        At 5pm Sunday, riot police mass at the Hung Hom Coliseum, on the eastern side of the Polytechnic University. The western entrances have seen clashes since Saturday evening. Photo: Telegram. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/ZWzIyWf214

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      24. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        Clashes are erupting on the footbridges leading from the Hung Hom Coliseum to the eastern side of the Polytechnic University. Photo: Screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/cTZQTxQHol

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      25. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        Meanwhile, a peaceful prayer session-cum-protest for #HongKong at Central’s Chater Garden on Sunday afternoon has attracted hundreds. Another commemoration rally-cum-protest marking 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall is set to commence this evening. Photo: Stand News.pic.twitter.com/3kFqdF6J44

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      26. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        Among the injuries in Sunday afternoon’s clashes at the Polytechnic University was a reporter from Mad Dog Daily — affiliated with ex-legislator Raymond Wong — who suffered a brain injury after being shot with police water cannon directly. File photo: Citizen News. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/d4oOjwkuiR

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      27. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        Clashes on the eastern footbridges of the Polytechnic University continue into the evening, as injured protesters limp away from the frontlines. One man was shot with a police bean bag round in the chin. Photo: Stand News. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/b44CTH9Cpz

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      28. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        After the Central prayer rally in the afternoon, protesters marched up to the Department of Justice’s offices and formed a human chain. Photo: Stand News. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/K7mX7Ew1W4

        4 replies 180 retweets 226 likes
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      29. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        As of Sunday evening, riot police have imposed a lockdown on Hung Hom, the area from which they are mounting an assault on the Polytechnic University. They have been heckled by crowds, while protesters inside have made calls for first aid materials. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/rrVCfcwmTm

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      30. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        Hundreds are gathering at Central's Edinburgh Place on Sunday night for a protest rally to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/VQd3HYhCXi

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      31. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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        In a parody of the mural depicting Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker's "socialist fraternal kiss", a makeshift wall is set up depicting Xi Jinping and Carrie Lam. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/RteX6FWe87

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