Hong Kong police shoot protester as protests start working week Full story:
ARRESTED. A video grab taken from Cupid News on November 11, 2019, shows a pro-democracy protester bleeding and lying on the ground after he was shot in the chest by a police man during a protest in Sai Wan Ho district, in Hong Kong. AFP PHOTO/CUPID NEWS
Footage showed a police officer drawing his sidearm in the district of Sai Wan Ho as he tried to detain a masked man at a road junction that had been blocked by protesters. Seconds later, two more live rounds were fired by the officer during a scuffle and another masked man went to the ground, although the footage was less clear as to whether he was struck.
Tensions have soared in recent days following the death on Friday, November 8, of a 22-year-old student who succumbed to injuries sustained from a fall in the vicinity of a police clearance operation the weekend before.Using online messaging forums, activists had called for a general strike on Monday morning.
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