Protesters stage new rally in HK

An anti-government demonstrator holds a tear gas canister during a protest in Hong Kong, China on Oct. 20. REUTERS/TYRONE SIU
An anti-government demonstrator holds a tear gas canister during a protest in Hong Kong, China on Oct. 20.

HONG KONG – Police and pro-democracy protesters battled on the streets of the city again as thousands of people rallied in several districts.   

After two weeks of relative calm in the five-month-long crisis, the rally on Sunday drew broad-based support from regular citizens including young families and the elderly. But a more radical faction of young protesters later clashed with the police.

The Civil Human Rights Front said around 350,000 people took part.

Hong Kong, an international financial center, has been battered by months of huge and often violent protests over fears that Beijing is tightening its grip on the territory, the worst political crisis since colonial ruler Britain handed it back to China in 1997.(Reuters)

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