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Hong Kong protests: Riot police fire live rounds at anti-China rallies as Communist Party celebrates 70th anniversary – Sky News, Sky.com

Hong Kong protests: Riot police fire live rounds at anti-China rallies as Communist Party celebrates 70th anniversary – Sky News, Sky.com


                                                

Activist was shot in chest at close range

Protesters are also being dispersed on foot – being chased down streets by officers.

“We have seen dozens of them helped into restaurants and houses as they ran down the streets to evade Others were apprehended, “says Sky’s Alex Crawford in the Admiralty district.

” They have been quite forceful in their arrests.

“But the real dramatic turn of events today is that there have been three live shots fired – one which was at very close range with a protester.

” We have managed to get footage from at least three different angles which show that there was an altercation in an area called Tsuen Wan as the police appeared to be fighting with the protesters.

“You clearly see one of the police drawing his handgun and at very close range he fires into the protester’s chest.

“The man has been taken to hospital and some relatives have tu rned up accompanied by a lawyer.

“He was said to be bleeding profusely at the scene and he managed to shout out his name.

“Doctors say he is in a critical condition.

” There will be a lot of questions asked as to why it was necessary for that police officer to draw his handgun and fire it.

“We have seen criticism of the police because they have used very liberal amounts of tear gas.

” They have used pepper spray and it appears to be fired deliberately into the faces of journalists and a number of the protesters.

“They have used a lot of force with human rights groups saying it has been excessive. Certainly we witnessed that ourselves over the weekend.

“They were 157 arrests and certainly 20% of those were in such a brutal fashion that they are now in hospital.

“So there are a lot of questions being asked about the police action.”

                                            

                                        

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