- Title: Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon in latest clashes
- Date: 31st August 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (AUGUST 31, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS HOLDING UMBRELLA GATHERED / PROTESTER THROWING TEAR GAS CANISTER BACK PROTESTERS MOVING FORWARD VARIOUS OF POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS FROM ROOF VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS THROWING TEAR GAS CANISTER BACK VARIOUS OF WATER CANNON FIRING BLUE-DYED WATER VARIOUS OF WATER CANNON FIRING WATER VARIOUS OF BARRICADE BURNING PROTESTERS HOLDING UMBRELLA MOVING FORWARD PROTESTER MOVING TRAFFIC CONE POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS PROTESTERS THROWING TEAR GAS CANISTER BACK VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MOVING FORWARD
- Embargoed: 14th September 2019 12:37
- Keywords: Hong Kong tear gas police riot police clash
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AUJR807
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon on Saturday (August 31) as pro-democracy protesters threw petrol bombs in the latest in a series of clashes that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades.
Police fired round after round of tear gas as protesters took cover behind umbrellas between the local headquarters of China's People's Liberation Army and government HQ. Protesters also threw bricks at police.
The water cannon fired blue-dyed water, traditionally used elsewhere in the world to make it easier for police to identify protesters later.
Riot police then marched on foot towards the neighboring Admiralty district, followed by about 20 police cars, where some protesters had thrown fire bombs. Others shone blue and green lasers at police lines.
The violence came on the fifth anniversary of a decision by China to curtail democratic reforms in the former British colony, which returned to China in 1997.
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