Anti–extradition bill protesters at Hong Kong airport have been wearing blood-stained eyepatches and holding placards bearing the rallying cry 'an eye for an eye' in solidarity with the injured woman: hongkongprotests aneyeforaneye
The young female medic was allegedly blinded in one eye by a police projectile in an Aug 11 clash between police and protesters.Protesters in Hong Kong have occupied its airport for five straight days, resulting in closures on Monday and Tuesday .
The eye is a reference to a female medic who was allegedly blinded in one eye after police shot at the crowd in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sunday night .
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