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HONG KONG — Protesters held another march in Hong Kong on Sunday, the first major action since a small group of demonstrators broke into the city’s legislature last Monday in a dramatic escalation of recent tensions.

It was the latest in a series of protests that have roiled Hong Kong since the city’s leaders tried to push through a contentious bill that would allow extradition to mainland China. The protests, which organizers say have drawn up to 2 million people, have been mostly peaceful, apart from a few violent confrontations between police officers and demonstrators.

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Organizers said about 230,000 turned out for Sunday’s protests. Police said the turnout was 56,000 at its peak.

Tensions culminated last week when an offshoot group of young protesters smashed their way into a legislative building and ransacked the premises, as hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully in a concurrent protest elsewhere in the city.