Archive: Chinese troops fire on protesters in Tiananmen Square - BBC News

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First broadcast 4 June 1989. Chinese troops opened fire on pro‑democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Saturday evening. The collection of students and labourers had been occupying the site for several weeks. Despite the outbreak of "unremitting gunfire", the protesters refused to leave. The BBC's Kate Adie reports from the scene.