Hong Kong protesters try to break out of besieged university | ABC News

Protests in Hong Kong have escalated to their most violent in six months of unrest.

Police stormed a major campus where students armed with petrol bombs and catapults had barricaded themselves.

China correspondent Bill Birtles was on the ground at Hong Kong's Polytechnic University when police went in.

Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-18/hong-kong-protesters-try-to-break-out-of-university/11713002

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