Yorkshire Post

More than 6,000 arrests in protests

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HONG KONG: Police say they have made 6,022 arrests and fired nearly 16,000 tear gas rounds during six months of anti-government protests.

The arrests included 11 people detained in raids over the weekend that netted a pistol and other weapons.

Police suspect the weapons were intended for use during a demonstrat­ion attended by hundreds of thousands of peaceful marchers on Sunday.

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