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Hundreds trapped in police siege of Hong Kong campus

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Hundreds trapped in police siege of Hong Kong campus

Police detain protesters near Hong Kong Polytechnic University where hundreds were gathered inside. Police detain protesters near Hong Kong Polytechnic University where hundreds were gathered inside. Photo: Achmad Ibrahim / Associated Press

HONG KONG — Some protesters slithered down makeshift ropes to waiting motorcyclists, brazenly evading a police cordon set up around a besieged university campus. Hundreds defied warnings to drop their homemade weapons and refused to surrender. And a group of sobbing parents staged a sit-in vigil outside the school, blocked by officers who refused to allow them inside.

The scenes at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Monday were a montage of urban warfare and mayhem in the heart of the territory, roiled for nearly six months by pro-democracy protesters.

At least 38 people were injured in a protracted battle at the university Sunday, the city’s Hospital Authority said, after a bloody battle in which a police officer was struck by an arrow and demonstrators set a police van on fire.

The casualties tripled Monday, with at least 116 people injured. There were still 100 protesters remaining inside the encircled campus Tuesday, said Carrie Lam, the city’s chief executive.

As their weapons and supplies dwindled, protesters sought to flee the campus, […]

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