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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: Lai Chi Kok MTR station is now closed, with the Tsuen Wan line serving only Kwai Hing, Lai King and Mei Foo http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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    2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: The Kowloon government office in Yau Ma Tei has been vandalised, with slogans spray-painted and signs pasted over its doors and walls http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Gnv3S6xK5o

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: Here's a map of MTR station closures so far. Black crosses represent newly closed stations http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/wPMhcQ3Bmi

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: More scenes of tear gas in Wan Chai. Photos taken by May Tse and Sam Tsang http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/W8XfOM7Fsf

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: After MTR staff close the gates at Yau Ma Tei station, protesters rush back and seem to be zip-tying metal fences to the gates in a bid to seal it off. It is unclear why they are doing this http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/3m4iOU4313

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: A branch of China Construction Bank (Asia) near Prince Edward station has been vandalised, among others throughout the city http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/OB7E8FJOhZ

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: Water cannon trucks are seen at the end of Harcourt Road as protesters shout to each other to run away faster http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/vIOEr7Qvl3

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: A group of protesters on Hennessy Road are throwing bricks in the direction of riot police at the junction of Stewart Road. Officer fire rounds of tear gas in return http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: A protester wearing a helmet and mask has driven an excavator onto the middle of Hennessy Road near CNT Tower in Wan Chai. He attempted to dig up the road but abandoned the machine a few minutes later http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: Riot police equipped with batons and pepper spray have subdued several protesters near Canal Road East in Causeway Bay http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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      #LIVE: The MTR Corp says a Mei Foo-bound train hit a buffer near Lai King station, causing the entire Tsuen Wan line to be out of service. It is unclear how this happened or if any passengers are injured http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/EZQI0lTz7e

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Protesters are setting a barricade on fire in front of the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, as police advance http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/3KO22cDMj3

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: More scenes from on the ground, where chaos is unfolding http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/8e1pzAUX16

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Some protesters along Nathan Road are using petrol bombs to set fire to an elevator at Mong Kok MTR station http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/JSt2s4H7si

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: The massive fire started at one of the exits of Mong Kok MTR station, near Wai Fung Centre, has been put out by four firefighters http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Services on the Kwun Tong and Tsueng Kwan O MTR lines have been suspended, the MTR Corp says http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: A woman with blood across her face and chest was crying outside Mong Kok Police Station as she recounted the ordeal to media... (1/2) http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Holding the arm of a foreign journalist who was helping the woman, she says she was beaten and covered in spray-paint by protesters because she was filming them attacking a Bank of China branch nearby (2/2) http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Scores of young protesters, female and male, are waiting in lines to be escorted by police to a coach near the junction of Hennessy Road and Canal Road in Causeway Bay. Their hands are tied behind their back http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Paramedics have arrived on Canal Road and Hennessy Road. Some of the arrested protesters are being loaded onto stretchers Some allegedly had their hands tied behind their back for 20 minutes before ambulances arrived http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ieJUXq6fyI

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Riot police on Nathan Road were being berated by dozens of people in the street, most of whom were not wearing masks. Officers left but were followed by the hecklers in what is an emotionally charged atmosphere http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: There are reports on social media that in an unprecedented move, a yellow flag - warning protesters they could be prosecuted - has been raised from inside the People's Liberation Army barracks in Kowloon Tong http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Some pedestrians are returning to Causeway Bay, walking around and surveying the damage left behind by protesters http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Bw7Z14tD10

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: The MTR Corp has just announced the suspension of services on the West Rail line http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: More photos from on the ground in Mong Kok http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/WL6YVuLQnJ

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Several men in camouflage uniforms kept a close watch from a rooftop on protesters outside the PLA's Kowloon East Barracks in Kowloon Tong http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/eEg82pEPOB

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Police have released a statement on Facebook saying that masked rioters beat up bystanders in Sham Shui Po and Mong Kok, taking the law into their own hands. Read more of the statement on our live blog: http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Raymond Ho, a resident in Sham Shui Po, says: "It is the policies of the Hong Kong government that have made society severely divided, and caused the violence to escalate" http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Mong Kok MTR station is starting to flood after protesters set off a fire hose. It is the latest damage to the battered station today, after glass and signs at exits were smashed and an elevator set on fire http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Video footage has emerged of the moment an RTHK journalist was injured by a petrol bomb thrown by a protester in Causeway Bay. His plastic poncho caught fire as the projectile went flying through the air http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/a2KvSaEM7X

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: More than 20 protesters remain behind barricades on Nathan Road near the junction of Mong Kok Road. The barricades have been built using metal panels, plastic sheets, steel poles and water-filled barriers http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ALWp0ihIxF

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: Riot police are stopping buses arriving on the Kowloon side of the Eastern Harbour Tunnel as they perform searches on passengers. The same thing is happening to bus commuters in Yuen Long http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        23. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: By 9pm, protests on Hong Kong Island have mostly died down, with traffic slowly resuming in Causeway Bay. Tensions are still flaring in Mong Kok http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtests

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        24. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Oct 6
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          #LIVE: In Mong Kok, barricades have been set up by protesters, who have also cobbled together what seems like a catapult from bamboo poles and a suitcase. There is a bucket with hammers and spades in front of the structure http://sc.mp/4469c  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/013V0OgBw6

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