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Added on the 16/11/2019 16:14:56 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Students clean a memorial to the Tiananmen dead known as "The Pillar of Shame" at the Hong Kong University. IMAGES
Cleaners remove barricades put up by anti-government protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University which in recent days has been the epicentre of clashes between demonstrators and riot police. IMAGES
Dozens of Hong Kong protesters escape a two-day police siege at a campus by shimmying down a rope from a bridge to awaiting motorbikes in a dramatic and perilous breakout that followed a renewed warning by Beijing of a possible intervention to end the crisis engulfing the city. Clashes rumbled throughout the day between protesters and police who had threatened to use deadly force to dislodge activists holed-up in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). IMAGES
Anti-government protesters inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University consider their next move, as riot police surround the building and make arrests outside the campus. IMAGES
Student protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University build barricades and mini Stonehenge-like structures using bricks on roads as they aim to hamper any potential battles with police on Thursday. Some bring bows and arrows, while others are busy preparing logistical and food supplies in the campus halls. IMAGES
Hong Kong students are using a novel arsenal of weapons to defend themselves and attack police, from bow and arrows looted from sports departments to giant makeshift catapults. IMAGES