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Hong Kong Protests Intensify With Molotov Cocktails And Arrows

A weekend that began with relative calm devolved into some of the most dramatic scenes of violence since the protests began nearly six months ago.
Police answered gasoline bombs hurled at them with rounds of tear gas.

Violence erupted this weekend around a besieged Hong Kong university, as protesters threw petrol bombs and fired arrows at police in an attempt to keep control of the campus.

Hong Kong police appealed to protesters early Monday, local time, to leave the scene of an intense stand-off and threatened

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