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    1. 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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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

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    10. 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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      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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        2. 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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        3. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The rally aims to inspire participants that authoritarian regimes will eventually fall. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/F6Lde72QZX

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        4. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          At 7:15pm, a fiery blaze engulfed a footbridge linking the Polytechnic University to Hung Hom Coliseum above the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. Police and protesters retreated from it; the former are firing tear gas from across the bridge. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/ysMZgX8EH6

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        5. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The huge blaze has burnt through the ceiling of the Hung Hom-Polytechnic University footbridge, while flaming debris has also dropped down to the empty Cross-Harbour Tunnel entrance-way below. Firefighters arrived shortly before 7:30pm. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/l1L2Wgcbus

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        6. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Heavy riot police presence in the area has surrounded the Polytechnic University by 7:30pm, with some arriving journalists from various outlets saying they do not know how to get inside the campus. Photo: Telegram. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/w6Ggufa3fv

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        7. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          There have been calls for protests to erupt across #HongKong in order to divert police attention from the Polytechnic University. Clashes are especially heavy in Mong Kok, between Nathan and Waterloo Roads. Photo: Telegram / RTHK screenshot.pic.twitter.com/KpmXCW1iBI

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        8. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Inside a besieged Polytechnic University, the situation has momentarily calmed. Photo: HKFP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/EN6bwDnDk7

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        9. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Polytechnic University management has called on people inside not to use violence and to leave the campus immediately. However, reports suggest the campus is completely surrounded, with no way of departing. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/6Jpm0HoEtg

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        10. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Legislator Ted Hui attempted to negotiate with police to allow people stuck inside the Polytechnic University to leave, but was rebuffted, and sprayed with pepper spray. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/CTY0Fb2Lqr

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        11. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Police announced on Facebook shortly before 9:30pm that all people inside the Polytechnic University campus should leave via the northern exit at Lee Shau Kee Building, but they should "follow police orders" when doing so. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/yBos3yMDyR

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        12. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          From Hung Hom, police are broadcasting songs with a loudspeaker urging protesters to surrender. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/kOROCWJCTG

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        13. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          An InMedia reporter is live-streaming whether it is possible — as police claim — to leave the Polytechnic University via the northern end at Lee Shau Kee Building. Photo: InMedia screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/auczck4RsB

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        14. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          A few journalists have decided to leave via the northern Y Core exit as police instructed them. On the way, police fired several projectiles at them. Photo: InMedia screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/P6askFHQdv

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        15. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          InMedia’s live streaming as to the northern exit route from Polytechnic University’s Y Core has ended after the group of journalists encountered riot police. Photo: InMedia screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/j9iNIqkMg5

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        16. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The last scenes from InMedia’s live streaming of the northern exit route proposed by police saw two medics arrested. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/aIYmoEbdne

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        17. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The police continue to broadcast messages asking protesters inside PolyU to surrender, choosing to describe them as “civilians”, and playing songs. Messages circulating on social media suggest that some are refusing to do so, and have written their wills. Photo: InMedia.pic.twitter.com/ZtRtvpOZrt

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        18. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Outside PolyU on Gascoigne Road, a group of protesters are trying to break through police lines to carve out an escape route for those inside, but are rebuffed with tear gas. Photo: Passion Times screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/b9hd6mm4Xw

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        19. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Protests to try and divert police attention from PolyU — heeding the call on social media referring to the proverb to “encircle Wei to save Zhao” — break out across #HongKong. Riot police made some arrests in Tin Shui Wai, while Kowloon Bay is a flash point. Photo: Telegram.pic.twitter.com/Rn5YWSeSz3

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        20. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          🔴HKFP_Live: Riot police have again tried to push into the Polytechnic University via the Chatham Road—Austin Road junction on the west side of the campus: https://www.facebook.com/hongkongfp/videos/2393508750916195/ …pic.twitter.com/Wz8SiqlXoq

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        21. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Following the authorised rally in Edinburgh Place, some shouted “PolyU students are not condoms” — referring to the disposability of the item — and set roadblocks in Central to attract police. Some people were later stopped and searched when police arrived. Photo: Apple Daily.pic.twitter.com/5d0pt3h8uj

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        22. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Almost a dozen pro-democracy legislators are at the outskirts of PolyU, urging police to end their siege. Photo: Jeremy Tam screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/qPB4gXFQfx

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        23. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Water cannon is fired again towards the protesters at the western end of Polytechnic University, as clashes intensify near midnight. Photo: RTHK screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/qeHDq2Chko

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        24. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Riot police arrived near Whampoa Gardens — near PolyU — to chase away local residents who set up roadblocks and gathered to divert their attention. Photo: iCable screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/loCDzNJZ5w

          2 replies 133 retweets 141 likes
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        25. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The InMedia reporter who live-streamed her exit via the northern Y Core route from the Polytechnic University was let through after a police search. A reporter from a less-known online media outlet was arrested, however. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/GKnDykKj2T

          6 replies 208 retweets 185 likes
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        26. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          A lone motorcyclist tried to rush through the police cordon from the Cross-Harbour Tunnel to reach the Polytechnic University, but was spotted and searched by police. Photo: Tam Ming Keung / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/reOsIIXSoL

          2 replies 106 retweets 139 likes
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        27. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          In Aberdeen on the south of Hong Kong Island, protesters also tried to block roads to attract riot police, but ended up engaging in physical clashes with pro-Beijing residents. Photo: Wong Wai Ping / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/un0S0euCXW

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        28. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Many first aid personnel remain at PolyU to treat the wounded. Photo: Stand News #hongkongpic.twitter.com/0W396UqJkg

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        29. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The Civil HumanRights Front — organiser of many peaceful protests for over a decade — has appealed to the international community to pressure police to stop the siege of the #hongkong Polytechnic University.pic.twitter.com/WsAHKQ368j

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        30. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          A 16-year-old Form 4 protester told Stand News he is willing to surrender himself to the police and face criminal charges if the government responds to the protesters’ “five demands”. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/U4c2kFVMzK

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        31. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The police warned in a Facebook video at midnight that they could use lethal live rounds if protesters at PolyU did not stop attacking them with bows and arrows and petrol bombs. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/p1i3ZhMuhF

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