New scuffles break out at Hong Kong protest site
Source: AP-Excite
By SYLVIA HUI and KELVIN CHAN
HONG KONG (AP) — New scuffles broke out Friday night between Hong Kong riot police and pro-democracy activists in a district where police cleared protesters earlier in the day.
Police used pepper spray and batons to fend off a large crowd of people who had gathered in Mong Kok, and several protesters were seen knocked to the ground or carried away by police.
One protester was seen bleeding from his forehead as he was carried to a police van, moments after he was forced to the ground by officers. The confrontations appeared to subside later, but a large number of police remained in a tense standoff with protesters.
The chaotic scenes unfolded hours after police had moved in to clear tents, canopies and barricades at Mong Kok, a smaller protest zone across Victoria Harbor from the main occupied area in the heart of the financial district.
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Pro-democracy protesters shout to the riot polices after police moved in the occupied area in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, early Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Riot police moved in on a Hong Kong pro-democracy protest zone in a dawn raid on Friday, taking down barricades, tents and canopies that have blocked key streets for more than two weeks. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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