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    1. 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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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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    10. 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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      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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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #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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        3. 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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        4. 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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        5. 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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        6. 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

          4 replies 17 retweets 26 likes
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        7. 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

          2 replies 27 retweets 17 likes
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        8. 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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        9. 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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        10. 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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        11. 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

          2 replies 5 retweets 6 likes
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        12. 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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        13. 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

          2 replies 49 retweets 27 likes
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        14. 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

          33 replies 696 retweets 351 likes
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        15. 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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        16. 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

          17 replies 196 retweets 131 likes
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        17. 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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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Smoke from various fires on Hong Kong Island as seen from the Star Ferry https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/0xWviGuEee

          7 replies 155 retweets 101 likes
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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: A fire burns outside the Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/cGXOLlYucY

          4 replies 16 retweets 19 likes
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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: The protester shot earlier is in a critical condition, according to a friend at Princess Margaret Hospital https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

          7 replies 58 retweets 27 likes
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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Shek Mun MTR station is closed, which means a total of 28 stops are now out of service https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

          1 reply 15 retweets 18 likes
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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Two lawyers have arrived at Princess Margaret Hospital to offer legal counsel to the protester who was shot in the chest. His family arrived shortly after. The family were escorted by lawyers to consult doctors about his condition https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

          7 replies 80 retweets 68 likes
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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: The clashes have now shifted to Sham Shui Po and Sha Tin. In both places, riot police fire tear gas and charge at protesters, who flee in different directions https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

          2 replies 35 retweets 22 likes
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        24. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: The protester shot earlier today, a Form Five student, is being transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which has the nearest cardiothoracic surgery centre, a medical source says https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

          14 replies 193 retweets 123 likes
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        25. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: A medical source says that judging from a leaked X-ray slide, the bullet remains in the body of the young protester shot earlier https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

          5 replies 36 retweets 23 likes
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        26. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Services on the entire Ma On Shan rail line have been suspended, with all stations on the line closed. The East Rail line will skip Tai Wai station https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

          2 replies 11 retweets 11 likes
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        27. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Two water cannon vehicles are on Hennessy Road and approaching Causeway Bay, where hundreds of protesters are gathering outside the Sogo department store https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

          1 reply 9 retweets 13 likes
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        28. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: #LIVE: 3 teachers and at least 6 teenage classmates of the protester shot earlier have waited for 90 minutes at Princess Margaret Hospital for word of his condition. Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College alumni confirm he is a student there https://sc.mp/ainy1 pic.twitter.com/pFwkinvioY

          2 replies 74 retweets 63 likes
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        29. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Chaos ensues at the West Rail line terminus as passengers who have waited for the train to depart for 30 minutes are told to get off, before MTR staff retract the instruction and ask them to get back on https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/aDYJeA2m4X

          3 replies 8 retweets 17 likes
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        30. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: EU has called for "restraint" in Hong Kong in light of continuing violence. "While initial positive steps to engage members of the public and various sectors of society in dialogue have been taken, further efforts are needed to restore trust"https://sc.mp/ainy1 

          1 reply 13 retweets 16 likes
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        31. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Ninety-six protesters arrested on Sunday in Admiralty will face rioting charges and be brought to West Kowloon Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, two legal sources say https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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