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    1. 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

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      #LIVE: A fire burns outside the Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/cGXOLlYucY

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    3. 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

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    4. 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

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    5. 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

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    6. 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

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    7. 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

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    8. 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

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    9. 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

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    10. 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

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      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

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        2. 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

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        3. 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 

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        4. 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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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: In a recorded video message on Facebook, a police senior superintendent says the force is "saddened" that an 18-year-old man was injured by a live round https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/aZm34ujQNO

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Kowloon Bay MTR station is closed, taking the total to 40, or 44 per cent of the total number on the network. Staff ask passengers at Kowloon Bay station to leave through a small gate https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/mWC9TxUmdq

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor director Law Yuk-kai says he has seen a video clip that captures the moment before the student was shot, and concludes that what the officer did was "not appropriate". He suggests that it could have been preventedhttps://sc.mp/ainy1 

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: According to the Hospital Authority, the male who was shot in Tsuen Wan has been transferred from Princess Margaret Hospital to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He is undergoing surgery. The parents of the 18-year-old are at the hospital https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Protesters are still gathering in Causeway Bay, after Hennessy Road and Yee Wo Street were reopened to traffic. Things are quieting down in Tuen Mun, Prince Edward, Sham Shui Po and Tai Wai https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: In Sham Shui Po, some protesters say they will go to the police station there for a short while and then go home, because they have achieved their goal of upsetting Beijing’s party https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Kwun Tong MTR station is the latest to be closed, bringing the number of stops out of service to 45 per cent of all 91 stations https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

          4 replies 11 retweets 13 likes
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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Over in Mong Kok Police Station, one of the flashpoints for the protest movement, officers have fired rounds of tear gas from the building https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Tam Man-kei, director of Amnesty International Hong Kong, has urged authorities to review their approach towards policing the protests. "The shooting of a protester marks an alarming development in Hong Kong police’s response to protests"https://sc.mp/ainy1 

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: In a statement, police say rioters have continued to destroy public property and buildings in various places in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, posing a serious threat to public peace and order https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: A source says the bullet that was fired at the young protester had hit his lung, but did not result in any vascular injury. His condition was stabilised, with the bleeding not life-threatening https://sc.mp/ainy1  #hongkongprotests

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 1
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          #LIVE: Tin Shui Wai and Kam Sheung Road stations on the MTR West Rail line are closed. The line only serves Hung Hom, Austin, Nam Cheong and Mei Foo stations https://sc.mp/ainy1  #HongKongProtests

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