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Archive footage: Troops fire on protesters

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Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy protesters, who have been occupying Beijing's Tiananmen Square for several weeks.

Despite the outbreak of "unremitting gunfire", the protesters refuse to leave.

The BBC's Kate Adie reports from the scene on 4 June 1989.

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