Police charged demonstrators at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, firing tear gas and a water cannon in a bid to end a standoff with protesters
HONG KONG—Police charged demonstrators at Hong Kong Polytechnic University early Monday, firing volleys of tear gas and blasts from a water cannon in a bid to end a lengthy standoff with protesters who had occupied the campus for a week.
Pro-democracy activists who had spent the night at barricades outside retreated inside the university, while those already inside campus buildings hurled Molotov cocktails and bricks at elite and riot police, who stormed the campus through the main entrance.
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