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Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon at protesters throwing petrol-bomb

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Hong Kong: Hong Kong police fired water cannon and volleys of tear gas to disperse protesters throwing petrol bombs at government buildings on Sunday, as months of sometimes violent demonstrations showed no sign of letting up.

Some protesters threw bricks at police outside the Chinese People’s Liberation Army base in the city’s Admiralty district and tore down and set fire to a red banner proclaiming the 70th anniversary on 1 October of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in a direct challenge to Beijing.

One water cannon caught fire after being hit by a petrol bomb. The water cannon fired blue jets of water, used elsewhere in the world to help identify protesters later. “Radical protesters are currently occupying Harcourt Road in Admiralty, vandalising Central Government Offices and repeatedly throwing petrol bombs inside,” police said in a statement.