#LIVE: Protesters at Polytechnic University fortify their roadblocks and barricades, with more police believed to be headed in their direction. https://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Bfmvgqmbz0
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#LIVE: Scenes from the ground in Central https://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests Photos: SCMP/May Tsepic.twitter.com/QgTYkMdlHj
#LIVE: A few dozen people, many of them middle-aged, gather in Yuen Long to express support for the police. They chant slogans and say police have reason to fire shots at protesters.
“Stop the violence! Support the police!” they chant. https://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/KMdTghPToq
#LIVE: Polytechnic University says in an email to staff and students that all face-to-face teaching for the rest of the semester is cancelled, citing safety reasons. Some classes will be conducted online. https://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: In Central, a man is punched and kicked to the ground after arguing with the crowd about the protests. He retreats into a branch of the Dah Sing Bank and first aiders go to see if he needs any help. https://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/1InmRqzSSB
#LIVE: University MTR station in Sha Tin, which is near Chinese University, has been completely destroyed. Virtually every part of the station is damaged, some have been torched with only ashes remaining on the ground. https://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/0nVloaUsBF
#LIVE: An internal email sent to all members of the University of Hong Kong’s medical school says the faculty will be “completely closed” from 5pm on Thursday and will be locked up. No one will be allowed in or out until Monday https://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: A young man in his 20s, surnamed Wong, came out to join the lunchtime protest at One Island East in Tai Koo.
He holds a sign bearing a slogan which reads: “I don’t care too much about money. Money can’t buy me peace and freedom.” https://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/IUEVFHikS5
#LIVE: Rumours circulate online, saying NowTV has reported that Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will impose a curfew on the city.
But a government source says it is “fake news”. NowTV did not report this news http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: In Central, many officers are not wearing the operational call sign or white tag on their right pocket, in breach of repeated pledges given by top brass that frontline officers would wear them for identification http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/lb8g83IE9I
#LIVE: The University of Hong Kong has suspended all classes on its main campus for the rest of the semester. Teaching will be accessible online http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Speaking at a press conference, police described the behaviour of protesters as “another step closer to terrorism” and accused "the mob" of turning the Chinese University into a "weapon factory" http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Chinese University management is arranging campus evacuation of staff and students, professor says http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Protesters are building roadblocks with bricks on King’s Road http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestshttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1194897738992762880 …
#LIVE:The Hong Kong Football Association has announced that ticket holders for tonight’s World Cup qualifier can get a refund if they cannot attend the match because of transport problems http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Around 50 riot police officers make a sudden advance in Sheung Shui, where protesters earlier set up roadblocks and vandalised shops. Some officers enter a local shopping mall in search of protesters http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/2TGmiKfgC8
#LIVE: PLA personnel from the nearby Kowloon East Barracks, some armed with guns, are peeking through woven wire fences from time to time to observe protesters’ activities on Junction Road in Kowloon Tong http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/9mcGEuuHRW
#LIVE: (1/2) A secondary school graduate who does not want to be named says bombs are being made and stored on the Polytechnic University campus http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: (2/2) The bombs are attached to a gas device similar to the one used in hotpot cooking, and can be detonated using a lighter to set a fire http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Protesters have formed a sizable barricade at Chinese University. It is not clear yet how they are going to use it http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/C7fCOhhwvt
#LIVE: The canteen of Polytechnic University has been turned into a supply station with clothes, food, and defence gear such as googles and masks. “There is enough food for us here for a month,” a protester says http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/7yLLdc3Uca
#LIVE: Protesters hurled petrol bombs at a truck which drove over their road block http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestshttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1194939010302410752 …
#LIVE: Several national universities in Taiwan have announced they will allow Taiwanese students studying in Hong Kong to transfer and complete their studies in Taiwan http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: The Chinese national anthem was met with loud boos and jeers at this evening's World Cup qualifying match in Hong Kong http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestshttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1194949360104030211 …
#LIVE: The government dismisses rumours of a curfew in Hong Kong, saying they are totally unfounded.
Mainland tabloid Global Times said in a now-deleted tweet that the Hong Kong government was expected to announce a weekend curfew http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Hundreds gather at Edinburgh Place in Central to show support for firefighters and paramedics, following tensions between police and the fire service personnel in recent weeks. Many participants are masked and dressed in black http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/E3uOy8qnxT
#LIVE: An off-duty paramedic from the fire services department says he feels touched seeing so many people coming out to support them at the rally in Central.
He says the relationship between police and firefighters has worsened over the past few months http://sc.mp/y73kk pic.twitter.com/R5RLejuqs2
#LIVE: Protesters are smashing glass panels on the tollbooths at the Kowloon entrance of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. They are also setting fire to them again http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestshttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1194965568819888132 …
#LIVE: Makeshift traps made from nails and pieces of hosepipe have been placed on Austin Road to try to pierce the tyres of police vehicles and water cannon trucks http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/3X84Jnzy5V
#LIVE: Riot police fire tear gas near Trend Plaza in Tuen Mun, protesters hurl petrol bombs http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Riot police fire multiple rounds of tear gas while clearing roadblocks on Nathan Road in Mong Kok. Earlier, traffic was disrupted in the area due to the roadblocks http://sc.mp/y73kk #hongkongprotests
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