- Title: Hong Kong police blocked by protesters from entering airport
- Date: 13th August 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (AUGUST 13, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** PROTESTER THROWING WATER BOTTLE AT RIOT POLICE, POLICE GATHERED AT AIRPORT ENTRANCE, PROTESTERS FORMING BARRICADES AT AIRPORT ENTRANCE POLICE SHOUTING AT PROTESTER MAN TRYING TO HOLD POLICE BACK POLICE HOLDING TEAR GAS LAUNCHER POLICE RETREATING FROM ENTRANCE
- Embargoed: 27th August 2019 16:31
- Keywords: Hong Kong Hong Kong airport riot police China protesters clashes
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001AS1Y0JR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Protesters blocked police from entering Hong Kong's international airport on Tuesday (August 13) evening as flights were disrupted for a second day, plunging the former British colony deeper into turmoil.
The scuffles broke out in the evening between police and protesters, after an injured person was taken out of the main terminal by medics.
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