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03 November 2019At least four people were injured in a stabbing in a shopping center in Hong Kong, where political tension is high while anti-government protests continue. The riot police intervened as protesters gathered in the Sha Tin shopping mall and vandalized the train station's turnstiles. The tensions rekindled after hundreds of people heard the call to return to the streets this afternoon. A group of about 50 protesters dressed in black took control of the Sha Tin New Town Plaza lobby and chanted slogans.

Violent clashes and urban guerrilla scenarios were heavily returned to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday, on the first day of the 22nd weekend in a row of anti-government protests and pro-democracy, despite China's warning that no challenge would be tolerated to the system of government of the former colony. Acts of vandalism against commercial activities attributable to Beijing, striking for the first time the headquarters of Xinhua, the official news agency. Among molotovs, tear gas, water cannons, stinging sprays, batons and barricades, thousands have challenged the ban on unauthorized demonstrations and the use of masks.