Police fire water cannon, tear gas as HK protesters mass outside parliament

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AFP Hong Kong
Last Updated : Aug 31 2019 | 3:50 PM IST

Police fired water cannon and tear gas at Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters massed outside the city's parliament on Saturday, as demonstrators defied a ban on rallying, the arrests of leading activists and rising threats from China, to take to the streets for a 13th straight weekend.

Police had banned the demonstration on security grounds, then organisers had cancelled it, after last weekend saw some of the most violent clashes in months of political turmoil.

But large crowds, many in their signature black T-shirts and under a colourful canopy of umbrellas, snaked through Hong Kong island anyway, blocking roads in the financial heart and chanting "reclaim Hong Kong, revolution of our times."

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First Published: Aug 31 2019 | 3:50 PM IST

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