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    1. 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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    2. 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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      SCMP Hong Kong @SCMPHongKong
      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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    3. 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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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #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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    5. 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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    6. 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

      2 replies 7 retweets 10 likes
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    7. 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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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #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
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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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    9. 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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    10. 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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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 15
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      #LIVE: Police at North Point MTR stationhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1173251250323771393 …

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      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
      8:10 AM - 15 Sep 2019
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        2. 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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        3. 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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        4. 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

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        5. 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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        6. 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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        1. Gemini the catting goat‏ @DixieComic Sep 15
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          Replying to @SCMPNews @IntelCrab

          Looks like a drill

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