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    1. 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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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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    10. 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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      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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        2. 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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        3. 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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        4. 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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        5. 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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        6. 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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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Police fire tear gas near Nam Pin Wai village and advance toward Yeung Long train station http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727march

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Police have gathered under Yuen Long station, at exit G1 http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/fXDPGXFCA6

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Police have stormed Yuen Long MTR station, using batons on protesters http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727march

          1 reply 18 retweets 8 likes
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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: Blood on the floor in Yuen Long MTR station http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727marchpic.twitter.com/rhJ6NxDgxP

          4 replies 26 retweets 22 likes
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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          #LIVE: March tomorrow is outlawed: Localist Ventus Lau has lost his appeal against the police’s objection to his march from Central to Sai Ying Pun http://sc.mp/v84b  #extraditionbill #727march

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Jul 27
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          SCMP News Retweeted Phila Siu (Bobby)

          https://twitter.com/phila_siu/status/1155139614941728768 …

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          ...and we’ve closed the @SCMPNews after a long day of protests in Yuen Long, HK. Thanks for staying with us! https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3020340/knife-attack-yuen-long-tensions-mount-ahead-hong-kong … pic.twitter.com/1hL7XLCbgQ
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