Fire rages at Hong Kong campus entrance as protesters fend off police: AFP
19 November 2019 |
10:02 am
A large fire burns near an entrance to a besieged Hong Kong campus after protesters threw Molotov cocktails to fend off a police advance on the university, according to AFP reporters at the scene.
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