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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Riot police with shields and helmets stand on the bridge outside Wan Chai Computer Centre, as crowds chant “Corrupted Police” and “Triads”. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/ZEGmiYqroX

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    2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: On the thousands-strong march on Hong Kong Island, officers with helmets and shields can be seen on the footbridge next to the police headquarters in Wan Chai. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/kDnA1m74pZ

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Dozens of protesters retreat back to Wong Tai Sin Road after attempting to return to the square, where they were originally driven away by police. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: The head of the Hong Kong Island march has reached Pacific Place in Admiralty, with police officers holding guard just metres away on the footbridge next to the police headquarters. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/wMbkAzJVUO

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Outside Tuen Mun town hall, police are dispersing protesters with batons. Protesters hurl objects such as umbrellas and paper money at officers. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/t0uZ1buNPc

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Two large banners are flown from the flyover near Pacific Place in Admiralty. They read “Fight for freedom”, and “Anti-communist. Enforce justice on behalf of heavens”. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/sSkshf2JNR

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Police fire at least one tear gas round in Wong Tai Sin, where police have been engaged in cat-and-mouse exchanges with protesters. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: About a dozen riot police are being rounded on by more than 100 protesters outside Tuen Mun town plaza, where officers are being hit and are having objects thrown at them. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Protesters march with black balloons along Hennessy Road in Wan Chai, where they plan to release them into the sky. The props are one of the gestures of "mourning" to counter the National Day celebrations. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/FtWEK81PAa

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: The head of the procession arrives at Chater Road, the end point for the illegal march. Figo Chan, one of the pro-democracy activists who organised the rally, announces the end of the protest and dismisses protesters. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/qaTvkO8F0A

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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      #LIVE: Protesters originally planning to stage a rally in Maple Street playground in Sham Shui Po split into two groups. One goes to Tsim Sha Tsui, the other group builds barricades at the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Rd & Wong Chuk St. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/0RX8dL0rpq

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: More than 100 protesters have spilled onto the Tsuen Wan section of Castle Peak Road, opposite the MTR station. They burn props for the dead and mock President Xi Jinping, asking the Chinese leader to "take the offerings". https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: Tear gas is fired again on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. After the tear gas, police clean up bamboo sticks on Lung Cheung Road protesters used to block traffic. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: MTR has announced that four more stations are closed: Kwai Fong, Kwai Hing, Diamond Hill and Tai Wo Hau are closing, bringing the total to 15. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: Two more rounds of tear gas have been fired in Wong Tai Sin, while in Sham Shui Po, riot police put on gas masks after warning they will fire tear gas. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Nxob8LpuV7

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: Protesters destroy a banner celebrating the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China at Pacific Place in Admiralty. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Et0iKtR26U

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: Police are now stationed under the flyover of Po Kong Village Road on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/XGGT5gHBYd

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: Protesters set small fires on roadside plantation strip as they retreat eastward on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/SMyRw8DRMK

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: A little earlier, a flash mob of six protesters wearing V for Vendetta masks bring self-made paper portraits of President Xi Jinping and Carrie Lam to the PLA Gun Club Hill Barracks in Jordan, before setting them on fire. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/E2flu9sxKt

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Sep 30
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          #LIVE: Riot police are regrouping inside Tuen Mun Town Hall after a violent clash with protesters. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Al3FCwvrqR

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: The three major battlefields are now in Sha Tin, Sham Shui Po and Wong Tai Sin. Protesters are also gathering in at least four other locations: northern Hong Kong Island, Tsuen Wan, Mong Kok and Tuen Mun. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Protesters tie ropes to a metal grille door at an exit of Causeway Bay MTR station, as protesters continue to join the march to Central from Victoria Park, almost two hours after it started. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/AdZK3B6kgj

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Protesters are setting up road blocks on Connaught Road West, a few blocks to the east of Beijing’s liaison office in Sai Ying Pun. https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: MTR Corp says Sai Ying Pun station is shut, the 16th station closed today https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: By now the head of the march on Hong Kong Island has reached the finishing point in Central, with one organiser estimating 100,000 people had attended. But more keep streaming in from Causeway Bay and Tin Hau https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: In Tuen Mun, police are charging at protesters after some threw petrol bombs. Responding, police fire tear gas againhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1178932704106012673 …

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          Tear gas is fired in Tuen Mun as protesters throw petrol bombs Video: SCMP/Mimi Lau pic.twitter.com/AV1h7mU9R3
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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Police have issued a statement on social media: "Rioters have used corrosive fluid in the Tuen Mun area, injuring multiple officers and reporters" https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/emIk5nUNTA

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Tsim Sha Tsui station is now closed, taking the total to 18 https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: So far, police have fired tear gas in four areas: Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun. Protesters are also gathering in other areas: Sham Shui Po, northern Hong Kong Island and Mong Kok https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: A protester dressed like Captain America, giving his name only as Leung, says there is no deadline: "We will continue to walk and protest as long as the government is not admitting its mistakes" https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/UVlpttKQPe

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Two warning shots have been fired on Sha Tsui Road in Tsuen Wan and Yau Ma Tei, outside Kwong Wah Hospital, according to a police source https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: MTR Corp says the entire Tsuen Wan line is suspended from services. Other than Mei Fu, Lai King and Central stations, all the stations are closed on the Tseun Wan line https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: In Wong Tai Sin, a row of motorbikes is set on fire, on Sha Tin Pass Road. Black smoke billows into the sky, and firefighters rush to the scene to put out the blaze https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/7JioBbDEKO

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        24. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: In Tuen Mun, an outlet of restaurant chain Yoshinoya is being vandalised, as protesters regard its operator as being pro-Beijing. Glass panels at the outlet have been smashedhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1178947451476013056 …

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          A Yoshinoya outlet is vandalised by protesters in Tuen Mun Video: SCMP/Mimi Lau pic.twitter.com/MhKnNGUk4q
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        25. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: More than three hours after a banned march from Causeway Bay started, the bulk of protesters have left the start point near Sogo https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/KR3Jv2bonG

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        26. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: A video circulating online shows events leading to the firing of a live round at the junction of Waterloo Road and Nathan Roadhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1178946170321661953 …

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          A video circulating online shows warning shots fired as protesters and police clash at the junction of Waterloo and Nathan Roads pic.twitter.com/8WZPtAFhwC
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        27. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: In Tsuen Wan, police and first aiders are tending to a protester on the pavement, who was given an oxygen mask. He appears to be seriously injuredpic.twitter.com/s5rNWxVe5S

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        28. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong National Day protests https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        29. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: A police source confirms two live shots were fired skywards at Sha Tsui Road in Tsuen Wan, meaning at least five live rounds have been fired so far today. One was fired near Hoi Pa Street in the same district earlier, hitting a man therehttps://sc.mp/ainy1 

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        30. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: A video of the man who was reportedly shot by a live round from police has surfaced on Facebook. He is seen groaning on the ground and saying: "My chest is in pain, take me to the hospital" https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        31. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: There’s a fire in Wan Chai, riot police approaching a road block in Admiralty, while the atmosphere remains tense in Central, Sham Shui Po, Yau Ma Tei, Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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