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Hong Kong protest clashes leave elderly man dead

AFP . Hong Kong
In this picture taken on 14 November 2019, a protester practices throwing molotov cocktails into an emptied 50-metre Olympic-size swimming pool at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom, Hong Kong. Photo: AFP
In this picture taken on 14 November 2019, a protester practices throwing molotov cocktails into an emptied 50-metre Olympic-size swimming pool at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hung Hom, Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

A 70-year-old Hong Kong man has died after he was hit by a brick during clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters, a hospital said Friday, the second person to die in a week of worsening violence.

"The patient's situation continuously deteriorated. He passed away" late on Thursday, a spokesperson for Hong Kong's Prince of Wales hospital said in a statement.

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