The shooting, which was broadcast live on Facebook, is the latest escalation in more than five months of pro-democracy protests that have engulfed the international financial hub and battered its reputation.
Seconds later, two more live rounds were fired as the officer scuffled with another masked protester who fell to the ground. Both were detained by officers. Tensions have soared following the death on Friday 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.
University students and protesters react after police fire tear gas to the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University during a protest. Picture: Philip Fong/AFPRAGE AGAINST POLICE FORCE Immediately after Monday’s shooting, crowds of locals gathered to hurl insults at officers who responded with pepper spray and multiple arrests were made.
But an independent inquiry into the police has become a core demand of the protest movement, with public anger fuelled by weekly videos of controversial police tactics and aggressive interactions with locals.Protesters burn debris to block a road. Picture: Kin Cheung/APIn one incident which sparked uproar, a police officer on Friday evening shouting at protesters that he and his colleagues were “opening a bottle of champagne” after the death of the student.
Well the cop wa getting attacked what did you expect him to do 🤷🏿♂️
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