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Added on the 18/11/2019 16:19:49 - Copyright : France 24 EN
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
Riot police detain people as tensions remain high the morning after intense weekend clashes near Hong Kong's Polytechnic University. IMAGES
Police use water cannon and fire tear gas outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to disperse protesters in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy activists, who are intent on keeping their stronghold on a major tunnel near the university, clashed with police on Sunday morning, vowing to "squeeze the economy" into next week. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Jul 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (Image: Miguel Cancela) .- The Hong Kong National Security Police raided the University of Hong Kong (HKU) after the university cut ties with the student union for expressing support for the attacker who stabbed an officer before committing suicide.FOOTAGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AFTER THE POLICE RAID
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
Pro-democratic lawmaker Gary Fan enters the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a stalemate between police and some protesters holed up inside the campus continues. IMAGES