RIOTING CROWDS WAVING
HONGKONG MARCH 1 BANNERS, SINGS AND SHOUTING, ATTACKED BRITISH SOLDIERS TODAY IN KOWLOON, ON THE CHINESE MAINLAND OPPOSITE HONGKONG.
UP TO 20,000 PEOPLE ATTACKED POLICE AND A
P.QICE WAGO 9 CARRYING A BRITISH POLICE INSPECTOR.
THEY ALSO ATTACKED A CHINESE POLICEMAN ON A MOTOR CYCLE, WHICH THEY SET ALIGHT.
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POLICE CORDONED OFF A LARGE SECTION OF NATHAN ROAD,
MAIN STRDET IN KOWLOON, WHERE THE RIOTING OCCURRED.
HUNDREDS OF POLICE GUARDS STOOD ACROSS THE ROAD WITH DRAWN BATONS. THEY HAD BEEN ORDERED TO STAND BY FOR AN EMERGENCY AFTER A 30-MAN COMMUNIST "COMFORT MISSION" WAS
REPORTED TO HAVE ARRIVED ON THE CHINESE-HONGKONG BORDER.
ALL SHOPS BEGAN CLOSING AND PUTTING UP SHUTTERS.
A BRITSH POLICE OFFICER HELPING TO DIRECT OPERATIONS HAD BLOOD STREAMING DOWN HIS FACE.
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SEVERAL EUROPEA 9 BY-STANDERS WERE INJURED IN THE STREET. RIOTERS SET FIRE TO CARS AND TWO POLICE RIOT SQUADS IN GAS MASKS HURLED TEAR GAS BOMBS AT THEM.
ARMED POLICE CARRIED SIGNS SAYING "HALT OR WE FIRE."
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