Hong Kong protests: dozens arrested as government warns of 'very dangerous situation'

Twelve-year-old among those detained after violent clashes that involved the police using water cannon and firing a warning shot

Dozens of people, including a 12-year-old, have been arrested after a night of escalating violence in Hong Kong that saw police fire a warning shot near protesters and use water cannon for the first time.

Police said they arrested 29 men and seven women, aged 12 to 48, for offences including unlawful assembly, possession of offensive weapons and assaulting police officers.

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