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1989 Tiananmen Square protests

The Workers tried to take Revenge

Sunday Jun 4, 1989 at 02:30:00 AM
Tian'anmen Square, Beijing, China

At about 2:30 am, several workers near the Monument emerged with a machine gun they had captured from the troops and vowed to take revenge. They were persuaded to give up the weapon by Hou Dejian. The workers also handed over an assault rifle without ammunition, which Liu Xiaobo smashed against the marble railings of the Monument.


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