Earlier on Sunday evening, as protesters blocked roads in Tai Po, a riot police officer was heard taunting a heckling crowd that he "wanted Tiananmen to happen again".
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The police's water cannon and armoured vehicles make another push towards the Polytechnic University at 3:30am Monday, with reports that protesters may be soon exhausting their supplies of Molotov cocktails.
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The water cannon trucks have backed off again. It has been rumoured on social media channels that sproadic attacks aim to exhaust the protesters' supply of Molotov cocktails and other weaponry.
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The same scenes - where the police water cannon truck and armoured vehicles briefly advance and retreat between Chatham Road South and Austin Road - are repeated at 4am.
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At 3am, police haul away an armoured vehicle heavily damaged by protesters' Molotov cocktails earlier in the night.
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HKFP saw an incident in Jordan where police officers escorted a patient - possibly arrested - to an ambulance, and crowds tried to seize the patient. With police hiding in the ambulance, crowds tried to topple the vehicle, and police fired three live warning shots into the air.
In the aftermath of the firing of the live warning shots in Jordan, more riot police have emerged to reinforce the area.
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Street battles continue on Nathan Road at 4am on Monday morning. But one newspaper vendor has chosen to continue opening for business, albeit wearing a mask.
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Footage circulates on social media of the earlier scenes when police fired three warning shots on Canton Road, Jordan to disperse protesters attacking them while they hid inside an ambulance.
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Shortly after 5:30am, riot police stormed the front entrance of the Polytechnic University from the Chatham Road—Austin Road junction, making many arrests. Protesters threw Molotov cocktails at the police, forcing a retreat.
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Police fire tear gas to prevent protesters from breaking out and leaving at 8am on Monday.
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