Hong Kong police fire teargas at protesters as two cars ram crowds

By Lily Kuo and Christy Choi in Hong Kong

Tensions escalate with swaths of city paralysed by its first general strike in 50 years

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Teargas is fired on protesters at Tin Shui Wai.

Riot police in Hong Kong have fired teargas and rubber bullets on protesters in at least five locations as demonstrators staged a daylong citywide strike during which two cars rammed the crowds.

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