Police fire tear gas at protesters holding out at Hong Kong Polytechnic University as overnight clashes resumed in the morning. The skirmish came hours after intense overnight clashes.
Protestors react as police fire tear gas at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Police fired tear gas Sunday at protesters holding out at Hong Kong Polytechnic University as overnight clashes resumed in the morning.
Riot police lined up a few hundred meters away and shot several volleys of tear gas at the protesters, who sheltered behind a wall of umbrellas across an entire street. Elsewhere, workers and volunteers — including a group of Chinese soldiers who came out from their barracks — cleared roads of debris Saturday as most of the protesters melted away.
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