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Sunday, December 22, 2019, 20:16
Rioters take down national flag from pole, attack police
By Xinhua
Sunday, December 22, 2019, 20:16 By Xinhua

A Chinese national flag taken down from a pole by rioters lies on the ground, Hong Kong, Dec 22, 2019. (LEE JIN-MAN)

HONG KONG - Rioters took down the Chinese national flag from a pole and attacked police officers in an assembly held on Sunday afternoon at the Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong.

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As police officers arrested people committing violent acts, rioters hurled miscellaneous objects at and assaulted them with intent to help those subdued escape

Footage showed several police officers arriving to retrieve the flag abandoned on the ground were besieged and assaulted by a large group of rioters at about 5 pm.

When police officers arrested people committing violent acts, rioters hurled miscellaneous objects at and assaulted them with intent to help the subdued people escape, the police said in a statement.

"In face of the serious threat to the safety of everyone at the scene and public order, police officers are deploying minimum necessary force to disperse the protesters," police said, adding that a person had been arrested.

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Some rioters refused to leave and blocked nearby roads after the organizer announced to end the event early.

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