At least two people are in serious condition in Hong Kong hospitals after a long day and night of violence between police and protesters.
An estimated 5,000 riot police fired tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bags at tens of thousands of protesters as they forcibly cleared streets around the city’s Legislative Council in Admiralty.
Confrontations went late into the night as crowds of mostly young, protesters were pushed back from the Legislative Council complex towards the city’s Central district.
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According to a spokesman for Hong Kong’s information bureau at least 79 people were injured in the violence, with two remaining in serious condition.
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