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    1. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      Prior to the arrests, protesters had apparently thrown Molotov cocktails into the premises of the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station. Photo: Tam Ming Keung / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/enEU2Is8q8

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    2. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      Little progress has been made after Catholic bishop Joseph Ha and pro-democracy legislators attempted to speak to the police commanders near PolyU. Photo: RTHK screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/wCijMPr0KI

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    3. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      Riot police on the Chatham Road South - Austin Road junction are equipped with the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, but have not fired. Photo: Tam Ming Keung / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/8KGw6rtdnt

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    4. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      Protesters on Nathan Road have attempted to drive a tractor towards police defences, but were rebuffed by tear gas. Photo: TVB screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/XWdVG2nxoy

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    5. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      The Hong Kong Journalists Association is reportedly trying to persuade police to allow student journalists for university media, stuck inside PolyU, to leave the scene. Full-time reporters with press credentials have been genreally allowed to do so. #hongkong

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    6. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      At least one arrestee on Nathan Road in Jordan appears to have lost consciousness. Reports are also emerging of injuries inside PolyU that need to be treated - but police have refused ambulances entry into the campus. Photo: Tam Ming Keung / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/t9ZeNWydkt

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    7. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/7AkRdQthqM

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    8. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/EG0Vh7pENt

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    9. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/Pp4HFin8Dg

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    10. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      At 3am, police haul away an armoured vehicle heavily damaged by protesters' Molotov cocktails earlier in the night. Photo: Stand News. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/9pYd64Qjp8

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      Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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.

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        2. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          In the aftermath of the firing of the live warning shots in Jordan, more riot police have emerged to reinforce the area. Photo: HKFP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/3FIa1i99E9

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        3. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/UsLAQgmY7R

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        4. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/WRJ5fepqAD

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        5. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: Apple Daily. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/h9PnPOUbAb

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        6. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Police fire tear gas to prevent protesters from breaking out and leaving at 8am on Monday. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/ockLkAhp9X

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        1. Freedom Dreamer‏ @masami_minami Nov 17
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          #SOSHK #StandWithHongKong

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        1. Lum‏ @Hollis47514575 Nov 17
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          @Alan_G_Smith_BC @JustinTrudeau @WhiteHouse @StateDept @senatemajldr @UKHouseofLords @HouseofCommons Protestors desperately need help.

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        2. Hello_lia 😷‏ @Hellolia4 Nov 17
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          3 live gun shots?!!! Hope nobody get hurt!! ☹️

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        1. Richard S‏ @Richard46367619 Nov 17
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          please help hong kong

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