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    1. 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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      #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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #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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      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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      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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        2. 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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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #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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        4. 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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        5. 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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          0:26
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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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        6. 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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        7. 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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        8. 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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          0:16
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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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        9. 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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          0:27
          SCMP Hong Kong @SCMPHongKong
          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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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: As of 9pm, a total of eight people were injured and sent to public hospitals for treatment. Of these, three are in a serious condition, three are stable and two have been discharged https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: At least four rounds of tear gas have been fired in North Point https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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

          #LIVE: Police at North Point MTR stationhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173251250323771393 …

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          0:25
          SCMP Hong Kong @SCMPHongKong
          Dozens of riot police, equipped with shields and tear-gas guns, have gathered in North Point station and are now going outside Video: SCMP/Nectar Gan pic.twitter.com/IqeYHJAXRp
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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: A number of journalists, including a Post video producer, have been targeted while covering the violence in North Point this evening. One Post photographer was punched in the face https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: A man and woman are surrounded by riot police after they yell at officers not to shine bright lights on them. The woman breaks down in tears https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/nG5OiTlrzQ

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: Police have taken away lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung in North Point near the Hong Kong customs headquarters https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/HEj9HFQQ27

          4 replies 10 retweets 10 likes
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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: Post journalist punchedhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173259095240933376 …

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          1:23
          SCMP Hong Kong @SCMPHongKong
          Earlier in North Point, a Post photographer is punched in the face, after he had tried to stop two men from attacking another journalist. Riot police intervened Video: SCMP/Alvin Lum pic.twitter.com/7wM6XZ7wxU
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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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          #LIVE: In a statement, the Hong Kong government strongly condemns radical protesters for their violent acts. It highlights that protesters had defied police objection to the march and rally https://sc.mp/r4mu2  #HongKongProtests

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