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Hong Kong Protesters Brace For More Violence in Yuen Long Rally

Suzanne Sataline

   Updated 6:14a.m., July 27, 2019

   HONG KONG -- Police in riot gear fired tear gas Saturday at Hong Kong
   protesters marching through a town near the Chinese border to rally
   against suspected gangs who beat up pro-democracy demonstrators there
   last weekend.

   Images broadcast on television stations showed repeated rounds of tear
   gas being fired at the crowds in Yuen Long after tense standoffs with
   protesters, some of whom were throwing projectiles at police.

   Protesters vowed to take to the streets in Yuen Long despite the threat
   of violence by gangs and a police ban on the demonstration. Police had
   warned that demonstrators would be breaking the law if they marched.

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