Protestors rush to extinguish a tear gas canister fired by police on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Police fired tear gas Sunday at protesters holding out at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as overnight clashes resumed in the morning. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Protestors rush to extinguish a tear gas canister fired by police on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Police fired tear gas Sunday at protesters holding out at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as overnight clashes resumed in the morning. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) HONG KONG (AP) — Police fired tear gas at protesters holding out at Hong Kong Polytechnic University as overnight clashes resumed Sunday, and opposition lawmakers criticized the Chinese military for joining a cleanup to remove debris from streets.
A large group of people arrived to try to clean up a debris-strewn roadway near the campus but were warned away by protesters.
Riot police lined up a few hundred meters (yards) away and shot several volleys of tear gas at the protesters, who sheltered behind a wall of umbrellas across an entire street.
The faceoff came hours […]
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