- Title: Hong Kong protesters clash with police on Christmas Eve
- Date: 24th December 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (DECEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** UNDERCOVER POLICE SCUFFLING WITH PROTESTERS POLICE CHARGING IN, HOLDING ARRESTED PROTESTERS, POINTING CROWD CONTROL WEAPON TOWARDS CROWD POLICE OFFICERS ESCORTING ARRESTED PROTESTER VARIOUS OF MEDICAL PEOPLE TREATING PROTESTER / POLICE HOLDING BLOCKADE LINE PROTESTERS CHANTING INSIDE SHOPPING MALL WITH CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION PROTESTERS SHOUTING AT POLICE (SHOWS PROFANE GESTURE) (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, MARY (SURNAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "Even though this is a very joyful event and holiday for us, but some are in the jail, some are arrested, they cannot enjoy this holiday. I think we should remind others that our fight has not ended yet so we should continue our fight." HONG KONG, CHINA (DECEMBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING AND WAVING BLACK FLAG UNDER PINK CHRISTMAS TREE PROTESTER HOLDING BLACK FLAG PASSING BY PROTESTERS WEARING MASK AND CHRISTMAS HEADDRESS MARCHING (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) 25-YEAR-OLD PROTESTER, NIGEL CHAN, SAYING: "Many Hong Kong people didn't expect this Christmas to be different. Last year many of us are very happy and did the Christmas Eve countdown. But this year the Christmas Eve seems to become the time to fight. Not only just Christmas Eve but also the New Year's Eve, and more festivals in the future will be related to our demands until the government responds to us." VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WAVING THE U.S. AND HONG KONG INDEPENDENCE FLAGS VARIOUS OF CHRISTMAS TREE WITH PROTEST SLOGAN ON PLACARD WRITING (Chinese/English): "FIVE DEMANDS, NOT ONE LESS.'' / GUY FAWKES MINIATURE
- Embargoed: 7th January 2020 14:42
- Keywords: China Christmas eve Hong Kong clash mall police protest
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001BBC2T6V
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: SHOT 6 SHOWS SOME PROTESTERS MAKING A PROFANE GESTURE
Hong Kong riot police clashed with protesters in shopping malls on Tuesday (December 24) in a prime tourist district as anti-government rallies escalated into chaos on Christmas Eve.
Protesters inside the malls threw umbrellas and other objects at police who responded by beating some demonstrators with batons, with one pointing his gun at the crowd, but not firing.
Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who had occupied the main roads and blocked traffic outside the malls and nearby luxury hotels, including the Peninsula, in the Tsim Sha Tsui tourist district of Kowloon.
There was a heavy police presence into the night with hundreds of officers standing guard on the roads as thousands of Christmas shoppers and tourists, some wearing Santa hats, looked on.
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