Armoured Police Vehicle Set Ablaze as Hong Kong Violence Escalates

• Armoured Police Vehicle Set Ablaze as Hong Kong Violence Escalates
  by https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news
  HONG KONG: An armoured police vehicle was set ablaze on Sunday (Nov 17) by a barrage of petrol bombs as it tried to clear a flyover of protesters near a flashpoint university campus. As flames engulfed the front of the vehicle the driver slowly reversed, according to live-streamed video of the incident shown by several local media.
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  Scores of protesters have dug in at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) vowing to defend it from police and to maintain a blockade on the nearby Cross Harbour Tunnel, which has been closed for several days.
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  Clashes spread into Sunday evening, as protesters met water cannon with petrol bombs and police tried to clear the bridge above the Cross-Harbour Tunnel where protesters took cover behind umbrellas.
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  Protesters set fire to debris on the bridge, in turn setting off a series of small explosions, forcing many to flee. The fire brigade moved in after about half an hour to douse the flames.
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