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HONG KONG - Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon on Saturday 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.
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. Other demonstrators, many wearing black and face masks, marched in the Causeway Bay shopping district.
Police arrested a number of prominent pro-democracy activists and three lawmakers on Friday, seeking to rein in a movement which started with anger over planned legislation allowing extraditions to mainland China. It soon broadened into calls for democracy amid fears China is squeezing Hong Kong’s freedoms.
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