Hong Kong police, protesters use tear gas, petrol bombs and water canon in running battle

Record ID: 1434593

  • Title: Hong Kong police, protesters use tear gas, petrol bombs and water canon in running battle
  • Date: 1st October 2019
  • Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 1, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTER HURLING OBJECT / BLUE DYED WATER CANNON BEING SPRAYED ON OBJECT POLICE FIRING WATER CANNON PROTESTERS RETREATING PROTESTERS STANDING BEHIND UMBRELLAS VARIOUS PROTESTERS LINGERING AROUND PROTESTERS STANDING GROUND WITH UMBRELLAS PROTESTER THROWING PETROL BOMB INTO GOVERNMENT BUILDING PROTEST HOLDING PETROL BOMB AND WALKING PROTESTER THROWING OBJECT INTO GOVERNMENT BUILDING PROTESTERS HOLDING ROD AND WALKING BLUE LIQUID WATER CANON BEING SPRAYED ONTO ROAD AND PROTESTERS POLICE HOLDING SIGN VARIOUS OF TEAR GAS SHELLS LANDING NEAR PROTESTERS POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS VARIOUS OF TEAR GAS FALLING AMONGST PROTESTERS PROTESTERS HOLDING UMBRELLAS RETREATING VARIOUS OF FIRES BEING DOUSED
  • Embargoed: 15th October 2019 10:03
  • Keywords: Hong Kong protests water cannon tear gas
  • Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • City: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001AZ9KO5J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Protesters in Hong Kong hurled objects and petrol bombs into a government building on Tuesday (October 1) as police tried to deter them with blue-dyed water cannon.
    The former British colony was in a state of unprecedented lockdown on Tuesday, with barricades in the city centre, shuttered stores and a heavy police presence, as authorities scrambled to ensure protests do not overshadow China's National Day celebrations in Beijing.
    There were continuous battles raging between police and the protesters on the streets of the financial centre.
    The former British colony has been racked by nearly four months of street clashes and demonstrations, posing the gravest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power.
    Protesters have vowed to seize on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Tuesday to propel their calls for greater democracy onto the international stage, hijacking an occasion Beijing sees as an opportunity to showcase China's economic and military progress.
    Police said they arrested five people, aged between 17 and 25, in the central district of Wan Chai on Monday night after finding them with walkie-talkies, lighters and material for petrol bombs, including 18 litres (4.75 gallons) of fuel and empty bottles.
    (Production: Joseph Campbell, Mark Chisholm, Juarawee Kittisilpa)
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