Moscow, Nov. 15 -- A 70-year-old man died after being injured in clashes between government supporters and anti-government protesters in Hong Kong's Sheung Shui area, a local hospital said.

The RTHK broadcaster reported on Thursday that the man, who worked as a cleaner for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department via an outsourced firm, had been hit in his head with a brick."The patient's situation continuously deteriorated. He passed away", a spokesperson for the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin said in a statement, as quoted by RHTK.According to the broadcaster, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, said it suspected that the man had been hit in his head by "masked rioters."

The department said the authorities would s...