HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday to force back anti-government protesters trying to escape a university where hundreds are holed up with petrol bombs and other homemade weapons amid fears of a bloody crackdown.
Protesters inside Polytechnic University faced off against a police water cannon and armoured vehicles. Police threatened to fire live bullets if "rioters" did not stop using lethal weapons.
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