- Title: Water cannon, tear gas: Another night of clashes in Hong Kong
- Date: 28th September 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 28, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WATER CANNON SPRAYING AT PROTESTERS WATER CANNONS SPRAYING PROTESTERS MOVING BACK UNDER UMBRELLAS WATER CANNON BEING FIRED AT PROTESTERS VARIOUS OF PROTESTER BURNING COMMUNIST PARTY FLAG VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS THROWING PETROL BOMBS INTO GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS / FIRE BURNING PROTESTER LIGHTING PETROL BOMB AND THROWING IT TOWARDS GOVERNMENT BUILDING PROTESTERS THROWING ROCKS PROTESTERS THROWING ROCKS, GLASS SHATTERING ON GROUND GLASS WINDOWS BEING BROKEN SHATTERED GLASS ON GROUND PROTESTERS MOVING UNDERNEATH UMBRELLA VARIOUS OF LASERS BEING AIMED NEAR POLICE PROTESTERS REACTING UNDER UMBRELLAS AS TEAR GAS HITS PROTESTER AMONG TEAR GAS PROTESTER WASHING OUT HER EYES WITH BOTTLED WATER PROTESTERS RETREATING
- Embargoed: 12th October 2019 15:46
- Keywords: Hong Kong China protests pepper sray water cannon
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AYKNHHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon on Saturday (September 28) to disperse anti-government protesters who threw rocks, broke windows and blocked a key road near the local headquarters of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA).
A series of protests in the Chinese-ruled city for and against Communist Party rulers in Beijing is planned ahead of the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic on Tuesday (October 1), including at the consulate of former colonial power Britain.
The protesters, many dressed all in black and wearing masks, took cover under umbrellas from the water cannon and fled after the demonstrations had taken a familiar turn into clashes with police as they have done regularly over more than three months.
Police fired blue water, used in other countries to help identify offenders, as protesters regrouped 100 yards (metres) away.
They had smashed windows of government offices and tried to break in, shouting obscenities and daubing slogans on shop-fronts. They had also shone lasers at a helicopter hovering overhead.
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