An armoured police vehicle was set on fire by protesters. (Image: Reuters) HONG KONG: An armoured police vehicle was set ablaze on Sunday (Nov 17) by a barrage of petrol bombs as it tried to clear a flyover of protesters near a flashpoint university campus .
As flames engulfed the front of the vehicle the driver slowly reversed, according to live-streamed video of the incident shown by several local media. Advertisement Scores of protesters have dug in at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) vowing to defend it from police and to maintain a blockade on the nearby Cross Harbour Tunnel, which has been closed for several days.
Clashes spread into Sunday evening, as protesters met water cannon with petrol bombs and police tried to clear the bridge above the Cross-Harbour Tunnel where protesters took cover behind umbrellas.
Protesters set fire to debris on the bridge, in turn setting off a series of small explosions, forcing many to flee. The fire brigade moved in after about half an hour to douse the flames.
Elsewhere in the densely-populated Kowloon district, clusters of protesters traded petrol bombs for tear gas with police as violence rumbled into the night. Advertisement Earlier, activists parried an attempt by police […]
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