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Added on the 28/11/2019 06:59:03 - Copyright : AFP EN
Hong Kong police on Thursday enter a university campus where authorities faced off for days with barricaded pro-democracy protesters, looking for petrol bombs and other dangerous materials left over from the siege. IMAGES
Riot police detain people as tensions remain high the morning after intense weekend clashes near Hong Kong's Polytechnic University. IMAGES
Dozens of Hong Kong protesters escape a two-day police siege at a campus by shimmying down a rope from a bridge to awaiting motorbikes in a dramatic and perilous breakout that followed a renewed warning by Beijing of a possible intervention to end the crisis engulfing the city. Clashes rumbled throughout the day between protesters and police who had threatened to use deadly force to dislodge activists holed-up in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). IMAGES
Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Sunday morning at protesters intent on keeping their stranglehold on a major tunnel as pro-democracy activists vowed to "squeeze the economy" into next week. IMAGES
Two minors from the so-called "speedboat fugitives" return to Hong Kong after they admitted wrongdoing. The pair arrived back in the city from neighbouring Shenzhen and arrived at a police station around noon in a black van, escorted by police. IMAGES
A photographer in Hong Kong is hit by police water cannon while taking pictures of a small crowd sheltering in a doorway in Wan Chai. People in the city have greeted the anniversary of its handover to China with renewed demonstrations. IMAGES