LIVE: Protests hit Hong Kong on National Day of China
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NOW Let's hope He or She Mati ... Orbigoot!
01 Oct 2019 06:05PM (Updated: 01 Oct 2019 06:05PM)
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong police officer shot a protester in the chest on Tuesday (Oct 1) after he and his unit were attacked by demonstrators during sustained clashes in the city, a police source told AFP.
"An officer discharged his firearm after coming under attack and a protester was struck in the chest in Tsuen Wan district today," the source said, requesting anonymity.
A video of the man who was reportedly shot has surfaced on Facebook. He is seen lying on the ground, saying: "Send me to the hospital. My chest is hurting."
The wounded protester received initial first aid from officers before paramedics arrived and took him to hospital, the source added.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...ts-police-shoot-protester-live-round-11959634
NOW Let's hope He or She Mati ... Orbigoot!
01 Oct 2019 06:05PM (Updated: 01 Oct 2019 06:05PM)
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong police officer shot a protester in the chest on Tuesday (Oct 1) after he and his unit were attacked by demonstrators during sustained clashes in the city, a police source told AFP.
"An officer discharged his firearm after coming under attack and a protester was struck in the chest in Tsuen Wan district today," the source said, requesting anonymity.
A video of the man who was reportedly shot has surfaced on Facebook. He is seen lying on the ground, saying: "Send me to the hospital. My chest is hurting."
The wounded protester received initial first aid from officers before paramedics arrived and took him to hospital, the source added.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...ts-police-shoot-protester-live-round-11959634
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Hong Kong protester in critical condition after being shot by police with live round
1 October 2019 17:50
Elson Tong
Hong Kong police told multiple media outlets that a protester has been shot by a live round in Tsuen Wan, as he was filmed bleeding profusely from the chest during clashes on Hoi Pa Street.
A video by the University of Hong Kong Student Union’s Campus TV appeared to show the man being shot at close range with a pistol during armed clashes with several riot police.
Photo: Campus TV, HKUSU.
Oriental Daily reports that the victim is in a critical condition.
Photo: Campus TV, HKUSU.
The protester was hospitalised – reportedly taken to Princess Margaret Hospital – as paramedics gave him an oxygen mask. He was filmed conscious for a short period, saying: “My chest really hurts”.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
Tuesday afternoon marks the first time a person has been shot with a live round over the course of Hong Kong’s ongoing protests.
Photo: HKFP.
Officers have also fired live warning rounds in Yau Ma Tei and Wong Tai Sin, although they do not appear to have injured any people.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
As of 4:30pm, tear gas and other projectiles have been fired in six districts to disperse protesters: Wong Tai Sin, Tsuen Wan, Shatin, Tuen Mun, Tsim Sha Tsui and Admiralty.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
On Hong Kong Island, protesters briefly marched further west after reaching the Civil Human Rights Front’s original destination in Central. A heavy police presence at the China Liaison Office – Beijing’s office in Hong Kong – drove them back to Admiralty, where Harcourt Road was occupied.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
After Molotov cocktails were thrown at police, the force deployed water cannon firing blue dye towards the protesters, and then tear gas.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
Protesters also locked “hidden entrances” to Harcourt Road from the Central Government Offices – from which police emerged suddenly to make mass arrests during Sunday’s “anti-totalitarianism” protest.
Photo: HKFP.
The Sham Shui Po protest split to march both northwards towards Cheung Sha Wan, and southwards towards Nathan Road.
Photo: HKFP.
After protesters attacked police disembarking from a vehicle with bamboo sticks at the intersection between Nathan Road and Waterloo Road, an officer fired two live rounds as warning shots. Tear gas was later fired in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Photo: HKFP.
Around 4pm, the MTR shut down the entirety of the Tsuen Wan line as protests on the occasion of China’s National day continue across Hong Kong.
Photo: HKFP.
October 1 marks the first time since the severe clashes on August 31 that the rail operator has shut down an entire line.
Photo: HKFP.
Stations close to protest zones such as HKU, Sai Ying Pun, Lok Fu, Diamond Hill and Sha Tin Wai were also closed, after those immediately next to gathering areas such as Wong Tai Sin and Sham Shui Po shut down earlier in the morning.
Photo: HKFP.
After the Civil Human Rights Front’s October 1 march – an annual event – was banned by police, protesters decided online to launch a backup plan to gather in six districts, fearing the shutdown of transportation.
Photo: HKFP.
Clashes continue in Wong Tai Sin, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan and Shatin, where protesters have set alight makeshift barricades to slow police advance, and hurled objects at the officers.
Photo: HKFP.
Since June, large-scale peaceful protests against a bill that would have enabled extraditions to China have evolved into sometimes violent displays of dissent over Beijing’s encroachment, democracy and alleged police brutality.
Photo: HKFP.
Though the bill has been withdrawn, demonstrators are demanding a fully independent probe into police behaviour, amnesty for those arrested, universal suffrage and a halt to the characterisation of protests as “riots.”
1 October 2019 17:50
Elson Tong
Hong Kong police told multiple media outlets that a protester has been shot by a live round in Tsuen Wan, as he was filmed bleeding profusely from the chest during clashes on Hoi Pa Street.
A video by the University of Hong Kong Student Union’s Campus TV appeared to show the man being shot at close range with a pistol during armed clashes with several riot police.
Photo: Campus TV, HKUSU.
Oriental Daily reports that the victim is in a critical condition.
Photo: Campus TV, HKUSU.
The protester was hospitalised – reportedly taken to Princess Margaret Hospital – as paramedics gave him an oxygen mask. He was filmed conscious for a short period, saying: “My chest really hurts”.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
Tuesday afternoon marks the first time a person has been shot with a live round over the course of Hong Kong’s ongoing protests.
Photo: HKFP.
Officers have also fired live warning rounds in Yau Ma Tei and Wong Tai Sin, although they do not appear to have injured any people.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
As of 4:30pm, tear gas and other projectiles have been fired in six districts to disperse protesters: Wong Tai Sin, Tsuen Wan, Shatin, Tuen Mun, Tsim Sha Tsui and Admiralty.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
On Hong Kong Island, protesters briefly marched further west after reaching the Civil Human Rights Front’s original destination in Central. A heavy police presence at the China Liaison Office – Beijing’s office in Hong Kong – drove them back to Admiralty, where Harcourt Road was occupied.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
After Molotov cocktails were thrown at police, the force deployed water cannon firing blue dye towards the protesters, and then tear gas.
Photo: Aidan Marzo/HKFP.
Protesters also locked “hidden entrances” to Harcourt Road from the Central Government Offices – from which police emerged suddenly to make mass arrests during Sunday’s “anti-totalitarianism” protest.
Photo: HKFP.
The Sham Shui Po protest split to march both northwards towards Cheung Sha Wan, and southwards towards Nathan Road.
Photo: HKFP.
After protesters attacked police disembarking from a vehicle with bamboo sticks at the intersection between Nathan Road and Waterloo Road, an officer fired two live rounds as warning shots. Tear gas was later fired in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Photo: HKFP.
Around 4pm, the MTR shut down the entirety of the Tsuen Wan line as protests on the occasion of China’s National day continue across Hong Kong.
Photo: HKFP.
October 1 marks the first time since the severe clashes on August 31 that the rail operator has shut down an entire line.
Photo: HKFP.
Stations close to protest zones such as HKU, Sai Ying Pun, Lok Fu, Diamond Hill and Sha Tin Wai were also closed, after those immediately next to gathering areas such as Wong Tai Sin and Sham Shui Po shut down earlier in the morning.
Photo: HKFP.
After the Civil Human Rights Front’s October 1 march – an annual event – was banned by police, protesters decided online to launch a backup plan to gather in six districts, fearing the shutdown of transportation.
Photo: HKFP.
Clashes continue in Wong Tai Sin, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan and Shatin, where protesters have set alight makeshift barricades to slow police advance, and hurled objects at the officers.
Photo: HKFP.
Since June, large-scale peaceful protests against a bill that would have enabled extraditions to China have evolved into sometimes violent displays of dissent over Beijing’s encroachment, democracy and alleged police brutality.
Photo: HKFP.
Though the bill has been withdrawn, demonstrators are demanding a fully independent probe into police behaviour, amnesty for those arrested, universal suffrage and a halt to the characterisation of protests as “riots.”
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