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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      #LIVE: Protesters have barricades themselves inside Citywalk mall after police rushed the overpass connecting to this second-floor door http://buff.ly/2zj9wpZ  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/TEVqOOcGZw

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    2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      #LIVE: The police's Special Tactical Squad, also known as the Raptors, charged at hundreds of protesters on Yeung Uk Road. Several are seen subdued to the ground http://buff.ly/2zj9wpZ  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/CWwTJ1Xvuj

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      #LIVE: Riot police are now at the junction of Yeung Uk Road and Kwai Fuk Road http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/6W8CeBNH1D

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      #LIVE: A group of protesters form a barricaded escape route for those trying to evade riot police and water cannons. Many are armed with poles and at least one was carrying a fire extinguisher http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/QRZeEJQNEL

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

      #LIVE: The two police water cannons are moving on from Yeung Uk Road in Tsuen Wan and heading in the direction of Kwai Fonghttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1165582720841310208 …

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      After being chased away by a water cannon, protesters have dug in outside this building Video: SCMP/Thomas Yau #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/ZnBuM47oYX
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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      #LIVE: Residents boo off police as they are about to leave Yeung Uk Road http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/2cXwuu8iKA

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      #LIVE: Barricades lay strewn all over Kwai Fung Road, as Raptors dismantle some http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/4cZp10gPP2

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      #LIVE: Yeung Uk Road is all quiet now as all police vehicles have rolled out. But the protesters have left behind graffiti on the walls, piles of bricks and patches of pulled up sidewalks http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/jQXSJk4Siv

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      #LIVE: At Yi Pei Square in Tsuen Wan, protesters have smashed the glass doors of a mahjong parlour. It is unclear why the venue was targeted http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtests

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

      #LIVE: Police draw at least two guns and point them at protesters who had chased the small group of officers down the streethttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1165596899958644736 …

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      0:32
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      Police have guns out and are pointing them at people on Sha Tsui Road Video: SCMP/@jeffielam pic.twitter.com/G2bhlUnM7m
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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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      SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

      #LIVE: Riot police have arrived to back up officers who had just pointed their revolvers at protesters and reportershttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1165599711140536320 …

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      1:47
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      Riot police have arrived at the building where the police officers who pointed guns at protesters were holing up Video: SCMP/@jeffielam #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/NTdoPTziXx
      5:20 AM - 25 Aug 2019
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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          SCMP News Retweeted Lea Li

          #LIVE: Earlier at Sha Tsui Road, some weapon-wielding demonstrators had gone for a small group of officers, leading one policeman to fire a warning shot in the airhttps://twitter.com/lealokkk/status/1165598729392422912 …

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          Police fired one shot to the sky during the clashes with protesters. pic.twitter.com/uPyLjRl65I
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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: A few officers were seen being taken into an ambulance on Sha Tsui Road, with about two dozen riot police surrounding the vehicle to protect themhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1165605408209129479 …

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          0:32
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          A few police officers are seen entering an ambulance on Sha Tsui Road, with riot police surrounding the vehicle to protect them Video: SCMP/@jeffielam #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/iScsTjsUhW
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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: Some protesters have left Tsuen Wan and have arrived in Sham Shui Po. Police have raised the blue flag warning them to disperse http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtests

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: The warning shot fired into the sky in Sha Tsui Road was from a .38 revolver discharged by an emergency unit officer from New Territories South, a police source has confirmed. The officer fired the gun because he felt his life was in dangerhttp://sc.mp/ayl7 

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: Officers are blocking the road at the junction of Sha Tsui Road and Chung On Street in Tsuen Wan. But protesters do not seem to be around http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ipMWJRWzf5

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: About 20 protesters have arrived in Tsim Sha Tsui and have set up barricades on a road http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtests

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: In Tsuen Wan, near to where an officer earlier fired his revolver into the air, a few middle-aged men are holding metal rods. They seem to be looking for people, but most of the black-clad protesters have left http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtests

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: Outside Sham Shui Po Police Station, police have raised the black flag warning of the use of tear gas http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/XdhdmJ5T49

          2 replies 10 retweets 14 likes
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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: Riot police charge at protesters at Yen Chow Street in Sham Shui Pohttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1165627474480222208 …

          SCMP News added,

          0:53
          SCMP Hong Kong @SCMPHongKong
          Dozens of riot police charge at protesters on Yen Chow Street after the warning Video: SCMP/@jeffielam #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/x2MX9owKhm
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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: A dozen black-clad protesters show up to destroy toll booths at the Kowloon side of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. They use metal rods to smash the booths' windows and other facilities and also destroy the CCTV cameras http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtests

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: Today's protest flashpoints http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/nFO16Vuxko

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: Over in Tsuen Wan, a crowd engaged in a 30-minute stand-off with police is starting to disperse. But the intersection of Sha Tsui Road and Chung On Street remains crowded with protesters and residents http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtests

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: MTR headquarters not opening on Monday - bosses at the rail operator have decided to close its Kowloon Bay HQ on Monday amid calls from internet users to hold “public events” there http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtests

          7 replies 22 retweets 14 likes
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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 25
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          #LIVE: Hospital Authority says 7 men and a woman were taken to hospital during Sunday's protests, as of 8.30pm. It was not revealed whether the injured were police or protesters http://sc.mp/ayl7  #HongKongProtests

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