Protesters stay holed up on Hong Kong campus, surrounded by riot police

Protesters are escorted by medical personnel after leaving the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China, November 20, 2019. Picture: REUTERS/THOMAS PETER

Rubbish has piled up around the campus, with trash and debris from homemade petrol bombs littered across the grounds. Many protesters have abandoned their equipment, including gas masks and umbrellas. The university, in the centre of the bustling Kowloon peninsula, is the last campus still occupied by activists during a week that saw the most intense violence since the antigovernment demonstrations escalated more than five months ago.

Some protesters have surrendered while others were held during escape attempts that included clambering down from a bridge to waiting motorbikes and fleeing through the sewers.

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