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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 26
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      #LIVE: Hongkongers are taking to the streets of Yuen Long to protest the unprecedented violence that rocked the town last Sunday. Follow our live coverage here: http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill

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      #LIVE: A man has been arrested by police after he allegedly slashed another man with a blade on a footbridge, next to a Lennon Wall in Yuen Long. He was seen bleeding from his torso and taken away by paramedics. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbillpic.twitter.com/l9gzsFGtbI

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 26
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      #LIVE: Mr Lam, a witness to the alleged knife attack, says: "If the crowds hadn't kept the man under control, he would have slashed others. He tried to stab and slash others with the object while being subdued.” http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 26
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      #LIVE: Hundreds have gathered near Shui Pin Tsuen playground, despite police's ban for a march from the playground to Yuen Long MTR station http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbillpic.twitter.com/pu8LSPP4r4

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 26
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      #LIVE: More than a quarter of shops on Castle Peak road around Tai Tong Road light rail stop are closed. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbillpic.twitter.com/4scf2hbj6S

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 26
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      #LIVE: Police officers seen filming the crowd near Shui Pin Tsuen Playground, from inside the Yuen Long police station. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbillpic.twitter.com/6tURdNRxNJ

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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      #LIVE: The train to Yuen Long is packed with protesters, some already prepared with face masks and protective gear. Those with red cloths say they will protect ordinary protesters, and will let them leave first if chaos erupts. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbillpic.twitter.com/d8OjepI7Ty

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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      #LIVE: Protesters have walked out to a road outside Yuen Long Station, chanting "Hong Kong police, breaking the law knowingly". A small group of officers were seen filming the crowed from a balcony inside the police station http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbillpic.twitter.com/Vp7cHQr29n

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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      #LIVE scenes from Yuen Long station now http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #YuenLongpic.twitter.com/pSzptWrBL6

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Sources tell the Post that as many as 100,000 people are expected to join the protest today and the force will deploy more than 3,000 police officers to maintain order in Yuen Long. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #YuenLong

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: The march in #YuenLong has kicked off from the starting point in Shui Pin Tsuen playground, with crowds shouting "Black police, shame!" http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbillpic.twitter.com/VKd14MfNoB

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Tempers flared at Yuen Long Police Station a little earlier. Hundreds of protesters surrounded the compound, complaining that officers failed to help during Sunday's attack on the railway station by a white-clad mob. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Lingnan University president Leonard Cheng joins students on the march to #YuenLong after he raised fears about young people attending. He's soon surrounded by crowds shouting "Protect the president!" http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbillpic.twitter.com/eOtZhaTzz2

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: The streets of Yuen Long are packed with protesters of all ages. Said Firo Ng, 25: “I am also here to say we are not afraid of the white-clad attackers,” http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/0aglhwrTP5

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Protesters have started to arrive near Nam Pin Wai Village. “Gangsters, come out and put up a fight,” some shouted from about 20m away. The door of the ancestral hall and another facilities were closed. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/is2QAcXEaH

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: There is no visible police presence on the main road, which has been taken over by marchers (remember: the force did not sanction the protest.) Officers are filming the procession, from the top of the police station. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/TlyTQV0cTI

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Protesters have turned the water-filled barricades outside Yuen Long Police Station into a Lennon Wall. Some hang a banner outside the compound. It reads: “Shameless collusion between Hong Kong police and triad gangs.” http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727march

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: One villager in #YuenLong has also put up a sign “Come and go safely!” http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/tQtqBqfdAb

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Demonstrators march on through Yuen Long, hoisting umbrellas, posters and even the British colonial flag. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/wAtXeiVORJ

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: At Sai Bin Wai, which is about 5 mins' walk from the #YuenLong station, protesters are now in a standoff with riot police. Protesters question them angrily: “Why do you protect the triads?” http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/rERW36zz8m

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: The view from #YuenLong MTR station's exit B http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/AlxKpkofod

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: The scene at the intersection of Kau Yuk road and Ping Lok road, where police are forming a defence line in front of the Yuen Long police station and appealing to protesters to leave. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/sT5BDT0VEv

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: In a statement, the police appealed to the public to stay calm and leave the Nam Pin Wai area as soon as possible as a chaotic scene may ensue within a short period of time. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727march

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: A police wagon was stopped in its tracks near Sai Pin Wai. Some protesters sprayed names of a triad group on the vehicle. Some also smashed the car. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/0kTzxcdpGw

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Protesters and police now facing each other on Tung Tai Street and Long Yip Street, forming two fronts http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/8XCgcp3WQR

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE scenes near Nam Pin Wai http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/xBUE1ZMYmz

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Police are telling protesters to leave, warning them they’re gathering illegally. But protesters stood their ground. police are waving black flag, a warning for tear gas http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/WlBHnqizac

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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Police say officers' lives are in danger after protesters surround and vandalise a force van. In face of the deteriorating situation, police will soon embark on a dispersal operation from west to east, a spokesman says. http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727march

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Armed with gloves and a rubbish bin, this protester smothers tear gas canisters as they land http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/KUbCKUsAO8

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Several have suffered injuries: two protesters say they were struck in the head by a tear gas canister http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/HTFiVnkxpn

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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Objects hurled at police outside Nam Pin Wai village http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/IZIiNvgHx1

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        24. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: A sponge grenade found near Tai Cheung Street and Long Yip Street after a police clearance operation. (Pictured next to a one-dollar coin) http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/uaZIUWeGEW

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        25. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: A protester has been arrested http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/0sjQVF8Ldb

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        26. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Special train service arranged from Long Ping station for Hong Kong protesters http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727march

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        27. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Protesters have gathered piles of bricks in a rubbish bin http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/UgfosFQXT9

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        28. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Protesters trash a Lexus after spotting sticks inside that appeared similar to weapons used in a mob attack against demonstrators at Yuen Long station last Sunday http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/0PtdODfFyG

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        29. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Protesters and police clash outside Sai Pin Wai http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/3E3rmh4YSx

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        30. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: A protester threw a smoking glass bottle at police http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727march

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        31. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Organisers of the unapproved protest have estimated that 288,000 people gathered http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727march

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