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At least two people are in serious condition in Hong Kong hospitals after a long, hard night of violence between police and protesters.
About 5,000 riot police fired tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bags on tens of thousands of protesters as they forcibly cleared the streets around the Legislative Council. city, to Admiralty.
The clashes erupted late into the night when crowds of mostly young, college-aged protesters were pushed from the Legislative Council Complex to the central district of the city.
At least 79 people were injured in the violence and two others are in serious condition, according to a spokesman for the Hong Kong Information Office.
At a press conference Thursday night, Hong Kong Police Commissioner Steven Lo Wai-chung said 11 people were arrested during Wednesday's demonstration for misconduct in a public place, illegal gathering and badault of a police officer.
He added that 22 policemen were injured during the demonstrations, although it is not clear if the 79 injured include the number of injured policemen.
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