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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: Protesters have smashed the glass of the exit of Admiralty MTR station linking to the Admiralty Centre http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/POa2I3oLTs

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    2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: Police inside Wan Chai MTR station are taking videos of people in black T-shirts who have entered from outside http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/I8LVvbfbaR

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: Petrol bombs have reportedly been thrown into "Civic Square" at the government headquarters http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: Tear gas has also been fired on Harcourt Road. Police raised a black warning flag shortly before firing http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/YMFOCsIKo3

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: There is a large number of riot police and a water cannon on Connaught Road Central. Police say they will carry out a dispersal operation very soon http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: Police have fired a water cannon http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: Another two rounds of tear gas have been fired in Admiralty http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ycy10n6QBx

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: Police are using the water cannon again, firing both water and the blue-dye liquid at protesters in Admiralty http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/oUeP4gzzSC

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: A petrol bomb was thrown inside government headquarters but was quickly extinguished http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: The MTR has announced it is shutting Wan Chai station in light of the latest situation and trains will not be stopping there. It earlier shut Admiralty station http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: Protesters are trying to block a road in Wan Chai with big flower pots. Rubbish bins were also set alight on Johnston Road http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/5erJgyfdC9

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Protesters have set fire to one of the exits of Wan Chai MTR station http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/vnKqRF1y6p

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Firefighters also put out another blaze outside Southorn Playground in Wan Chai http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/BSFTKR0fjs

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Some people are changing out of black T-shirts in the Times Square shopping mall in Causeway Bay http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/P9btmiBDsK

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Dozens of riot police are on Hennessy Road near the fire station in Causeway Bay. Officers have raised a flag warning protesters to leave or the police will use force to disperse them http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/qB2vkfq9ug

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Some protesters have arrived in Happy Valley where they have built barricades on Wong Nai Chung Road with metal railings http://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Riot police have surrounded and are searching people on Wan Chai Road, off Queen's Road East https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/m7M8zkbknE

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Riot police on Queen's Road East are boarding vans and starting to leave. Elsewhere near Causeway Bay Plaza on Hennessy Road, a crowd, most not wearing masks, trail and heckle a contingent of riot police as they advance down a road https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/79A84HhzOa

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Police warn dozens of people on Lockhart Road in Causeway Bay to leave because they taking part in an illegal assembly. Some people are yelling abuse at police https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/DdOJJ9GlGZ

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Scenes of police presence in Wan Chai https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/b3Jk23BZjy

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Causeway Bay MTR station is now closed. Trains will not stop there https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Away from the main pockets of unrest in Wan Chai, a contingent of protesters is seen on King's Road between Fortress Hill and North Point. Riot police have also arrived there https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/xQNqgetFgy

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Riot police have appeared from exit E of Causeway Bay station. Tear gas has also been fired https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/4CCJtBY2aX

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: A police source says the victim is in critical conditionhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173201595619610624 …

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          A video going viral online shows a middle-aged man being beaten up by protesters this afternoon. He was later found lying injured at Gloucester Road. Paramedics treated him; he was conscious pic.twitter.com/lpPzXvezsk
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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Several white-clad men wielding rods are seen attacking protesters in Fortress Hill, with riot police trying to break up the fight https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: A police water cannon and two armoured vehicles have arrived in Causeway Bay https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/IICmXDtF0A

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: A brawl erupted in Fortress Hill as several people hit a white-clad man who chanted: "Fujian people come out!" Another middle-age man earlier pushed a reporter who was filming the situation https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: A young man was subdued near Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. An elderly woman, angry at the police action, urges officers to show their warrant cards. Police respond that they can do so if the woman walks inside the circle of officers. She refuses https://sc.mp/r4mu2 pic.twitter.com/8zZiBmb8Aw

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Several angry middle-aged men are pushing and pointing their fingers at journalists in Fortress Hill. "So what if you're a journalist?" someone shouts. Riot police arrive at the scene and separate the two groups. They take away two middle-aged menhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173217356719390720 …

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          Riot police separate journalists and a group of men who allegedly attacked the journalists in Fortress Hill Video: SCMP/Lea Li pic.twitter.com/VLp2NNQgT6
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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: About 100 people have gathered in two groups between North Point Road and Chun Yeung Street. One group is shouting abuse at police while about 50 locals are further along https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Xa0iCDcujK

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Police in Fortress Hill MTR station question a young man over a black T-shirt, mask and gloves in his rucksack. “Have you worn this T-shirt outside just now?” a police officer asks him. Police later take him away https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/IZWIa7Wv2x

          2 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: Dozens of people on the street are singing the protest anthem Glory to Hong Kong in North Pointhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173221989890195456 …

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          0:25
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          Dozens of people in North Point sing the protest song Glory to Hong Kong Video: SCMP/Phila Siu pic.twitter.com/6jBR2bvWkJ
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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Police have raised the yellow flag in North Point, warning dozens of people gathered there that they are in breach of the law and could be arrested. Officers tell them to leave but no one is heeding the call https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Hms7udCdKW

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        24. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: The situation in Admiralty, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay has largely returned to normal. But hundreds of protesters, and police, headed east towards Fortress Hill and North Point, where a group of people are still gathered https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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        25. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: More brawls are breaking out between people on the street in North Pointhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173229969985527808 …

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          A fight breaks out between rival camps at the entrance of a building on King's Road in North Point Video: SCMP/Alvin Lum pic.twitter.com/l14RCf8RsO
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        26. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Medics are attending to an injured man in North Point. He appears to be unconscious https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/uIe6HKGlwv

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        27. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: Three men with knives were standing on a slope in North Point. Protesters chased them, and in an apparent attempt to stop them, a man poured suspected petrol on the ground. Police arrived soon after but the men locked themselves inside a flathttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173232527881801729 …

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          Three men holding butcher's knives stand on a slope in North Point. They kick two cans of a liquid - which people at the scene believe are flammable - down the slope Video: SCMP/Phila Siu pic.twitter.com/jFVt3CKFut
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        28. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Police have shored up their numbers in North Point as more riot officers arrive. The area seems to be the remaining hotspot tonight with multiple brawls between rival camps erupting on streets https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ZleVX5i3q8

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        29. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: A man is seen waving a Hong Kong independence flag in North Point, but some residents shout their disapproval https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/20jOld5XPP

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        30. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: There is another fight in North Point as pro-Beijing supporters quarrel with protesters. Some splash water at a man waving a Hong Kong independence flag. Protesters shout: “Fujian independence!”https://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173237933563768834 …

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          In North Point, Beijing supporters quarrel with protesters, as a man waves a Hong Kong independence flag while some shout "Fujian independence!" Video: SCMP/Nectar Gan pic.twitter.com/hCyxfDQ1GF
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        31. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: Several men have been taken into a police vehicle from a building in North Point. They were involved in an incident in which some men wielded knives on the street earlier and then ran into the buildinghttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173245467305447425 …

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          Around seven men have been taken into a police vehicle in North Point. They came out of the building in which men involved in an earlier incident with a knife had been hiding Video: SCMP/Phila Siu pic.twitter.com/ZX02cveVkC
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