Protesters on Nathan Road have attempted to drive a tractor towards police defences, but were rebuffed by tear gas.
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The Hong Kong Journalists Association is reportedly trying to persuade police to allow student journalists for university media, stuck inside PolyU, to leave the scene.
Full-time reporters with press credentials have been genreally allowed to do so.
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At least one arrestee on Nathan Road in Jordan appears to have lost consciousness. Reports are also emerging of injuries inside PolyU that need to be treated - but police have refused ambulances entry into the campus.
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The police's water cannon and armoured vehicles make another push towards the Polytechnic University at 3:30am Monday, with reports that protesters may be soon exhausting their supplies of Molotov cocktails.
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The water cannon trucks have backed off again. It has been rumoured on social media channels that sproadic attacks aim to exhaust the protesters' supply of Molotov cocktails and other weaponry.
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The same scenes - where the police water cannon truck and armoured vehicles briefly advance and retreat between Chatham Road South and Austin Road - are repeated at 4am.
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At 3am, police haul away an armoured vehicle heavily damaged by protesters' Molotov cocktails earlier in the night.
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HKFP saw an incident in Jordan where police officers escorted a patient - possibly arrested - to an ambulance, and crowds tried to seize the patient. With police hiding in the ambulance, crowds tried to topple the vehicle, and police fired three live warning shots into the air.
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In the aftermath of the firing of the live warning shots in Jordan, more riot police have emerged to reinforce the area.
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Street battles continue on Nathan Road at 4am on Monday morning. But one newspaper vendor has chosen to continue opening for business, albeit wearing a mask.
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Footage circulates on social media of the earlier scenes when police fired three warning shots on Canton Road, Jordan to disperse protesters attacking them while they hid inside an ambulance.
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Police fire tear gas to prevent protesters from breaking out and leaving at 8am on Monday.
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On Monday morning, dozens of unarmed civilians have been arrested in a Tsim Sha Tsui street after arriving to ask police to lift the siege of PolyU.
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Clashes break out in Tsim Sha Tsui as protesters attempt to break the police siege of PolyU.
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The police round-ups of people in Tsim Sha Tsui East on Monday morning.
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The acting head of PolyU's student union says that there may be around 500 people still trapped inside the campus. Reports suggest that there are seriously-injured people inside, and food supplies may run out some time on Monday.
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Clashes between protesters and police continue on Nathan Road.
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A protester on the outskirts of PolyU on Gascoigne Road has reportedly been shot with a police projectile on the forehead at around 11:40am.
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At noon, a group of protesters from PolyU tried to break through police lines, again to no avail.
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Retired Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has recorded a video message, saying that even in wartime, there are humanitarian considerations that need to be respected.
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Clashes continue in Tsim Sha Tsui as protesters — many office workers — try to divert police attention. Protesting office workers have also set up roadblocks in Central.
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Arrests are made on Cheong Wan Road outside PolyU as protesters fail to break through from the campus.
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In Jordan, riot police fire a tear gas canister into a resident’s flat, causing flames. The resident was not home, but returned in tears.
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Riot police on Cheong Wan Road have shot multiple pepper ball rounds at journalists.
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Three failed attempts by PolyU protesters to break the siege have taken place since Monday morning.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital — close to PolyU where large amounts of tear gas are fired — has urged all patients to stay indoors and people seeking treatment not to come to the hospital.
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Police are reportedly attempting to cross into the PolyU campus via the Hung Hom footbridges, after a failed attempt to break out from the siege.
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The Education Bureau has announced a continued suspension of classes on Tuesday.
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At 2pm, almost 18 hours after completely surrounding the PolyU campus, police finally allowed a group of Red Cross volunteers to enter the campus, amid reports of large numbers of seriously wounded.
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A supply chain forms on Nathan Road for protesters to hand materials to the frontline, where clashes with police to lift the siege of PolyU continue.
There are calls for people to gather at Tsim Sha Tsui after work.
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Medical sector legislator Pierre Chan has said that first-aiders from PolyU have been arrested, but lawyers have been assigned to them. He asks the public not to spread rumours on whether they will be charged, and for what offence.
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🔴HKFP_Live: Clashes on Gascoigne Road, Jordan near the police cordon besieging PolyU have gone on for almost 16 hours: facebook.com/hongkongfp/vid
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Police have announced that they arrested 51 people who said they were medical workers or journalists on Sunday alone.
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A section of PolyU's Anita Chan Lai-ling Building is ablaze at 4:30pm Monday.
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Jordan's Kowloon Union Church has become a first aid station to help the injured pouring in from other streets.
Reverend Maggie Mathieson told HKFP the church is trying to help those in need irrespective of political opinions.
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In their daily press conference, a police spokesperson said the force is willing to allow ambulances into PolyU to transport the injured to hospital for treatment, before conducting further investigation on them.
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PolyU management said they met with police at 2:45pm. They requested the police to take care of people's safety, allow a medical team to enter the campus, treat arrestees humanely, and allow management to accompany arrested students and staff to police stations.
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Police said they arrested 154 people between Friday and Sunday. The force does not yet have a figure for the amount of tear gas or other projectiles fired on Sunday.
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Riot police charge into Nathan Road from the south and make several arrests of those counter-surrounding the siege of PolyU.
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In their press conference, the police advised everyone in PolyU to lay down their weapons and surrender orderly, confirming that everyone would be arrested for suspected rioting.
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