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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 16
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      Hong Kong officer shot by arrow, police deploy water cannon as Polytechnic University clash in Hung Hom escalates. Follow our #LIVE blog for the latest https://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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      #LIVE: A sergeant from the Media Liaison branch is shot by arrow in his lower leg. First aiders at the scene cut off part of the arrow and his trousers, and he is sent to hospital for treatment http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/5EonH8wmaQ

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 16
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      #LIVE: Police say through a loudspeaker that protesters must stop putting metal spikes on the ground, adding that the force is filming their actions. Spikes have constantly been used by protesters to pierce police vehicles’ tyres http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/vvTDLjnChF

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 16
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      #LIVE: Protesters are using home-made catapults to shoot petrol bombs at the water cannon and two armoured vehicles near to Polytechnic University, almost hitting the vehicles http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/mpc4C7hDE0

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 16
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      SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

      #LIVE: Protesters are making more petrol bombs http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestshttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1195968903748317184 …

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      Around 30 young protesters sit in one corner of the Polytechnic University campus in Hung Hom, manufacturing petrol bombs while others cart them away to the frontline. Video: SCMP/Albert Han pic.twitter.com/ZitY5mQjsm
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      #LIVE: Rounds of tear gas have been fired in Mong Kok http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/izNzMxBN63

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 23h23 hours ago
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      #LIVE: The police force warns that violent acts around PolyU have reached the level of riots and that anyone who stays to help the protesters risks committing rioting, a severe offence punishable by 10 years in jail. It urges everyone to leave the areahttp://sc.mp/fi0sy 

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews 22h22 hours ago
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      #LIVE: Parts of Shantung Street are exposed to their basic foundations as bricks are dug up to strengthen the blockage of Nathan Road http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

      1:12 AM - 17 Nov 2019
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          #LIVE: The gap between protesters and police outside Polytechnic University, at the junction of Austin Road and Chatham Road, is strewn with fires caused by exploded petrol bombs http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/SOENEwPzz5

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