Hong Kong police expected to lift cordon around Polytechnic University at noon as officers find more petrol bombs, gas canisters and weapons

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Police are expected to lift their cordon around a Hong Kong university at noon on Friday, finally ending a stand-off with violent radicals that began almost two weeks ago.

A day after entering Polytechnic University for the first time to gather evidence and remove explosive and other hazardous material, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chow Yat-ming said their work at the campus was almost finished.