Chronicle of a Siege: A university becomes a battleground in Hong Kong protests. AP Photo Gallery.
In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, file photo, protestors practice using a homemade slingshot at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police warned protesters on Thursday that they were moving "one step closer to terrorism" by sinking the city into chaos, as riot squads skirmished with militant students at major universities.
The police departed on Friday, taking with them nearly 4,000 gasoline bombs and leaving perhaps a few protesters still hiding in the warren of buildings 12 days after the siege began. The police advanced on protester defenses in surrounding streets on a Saturday night and all day Sunday, bombarding them with tear gas and water cannons. Protesters wielded a wall of umbrellas on the front line and threw barrages of gasoline bombs, driving back an armored police vehicle in flames.
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