Anti-government protesters hold umbrellas as riot policemen warn regarding use of tear gas during a protest on Halloween day in Hong Kong, China October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas at black-clad protesters across Hong Kong on Saturday after they set fire to metro stations and vandalised buildings including China's official Xinhua news agency in some of the worst violence to hit the city in weeks.
Earlier, police had also used tear gas in a downtown park where thousands of protesters - many angry at what they say has been a heavy-handed police response over five months of anti-government demonstrations - had gathered on a sunny afternoon.
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