This is the moment a group of protesters in Hong Kong showed incredible ingenuity by diffusing a tear gas cannister fired by riot police .
In the video, shot on Sunday, shows a canister starting to billow tear gas in a narrow empty street.
Before the gas can engulf the area, a group of protesters armed with gas masks, umbrellas, a traffic cone and water bottles quickly act to extinguish the device.
One protester places the traffic cone over the canister which traps the gas in a confined space.
Another protester then uses the hole at the top of the traffic cone to pour water over the canister.
Tear gas was still being emitted from the canister as the traffic cone was lifted, so the group of protesters quickly douse it before the tear gas is stopped entirely.
Violent clashes have been seen all over the city as protests in Hong Kong have escalated.
The anti-government protests have been taking place since the end of March over an extradition bill that would allow suspects to face trial in mainland China.
Those against the bill believe that it will blur the demarcation between the two legal systems of Hong Kong and mainland China and critics of the Chinese government say their rights would be eroded.
The city of Hong Kong has now seen eight consecutive weekends of anti-Chinese government protests with as many as a million people turning out in June to march to government headquarters, according to organisers.
While the Chinese government has put the extradition on hold, there have been reports of police brutality in Hong Kong and protesters are now demanding the bill is withdrawn completely and an independent inquiry into police reform is set up.
