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Things are going from bad to worse in Hong Kong.
On Friday, protester Chow Tsz Lok died after being injured in a suspicious fall while trying to get away from the police inside a car park.
After he fell, protesters complain that police denied him proper attention and blocked the ambulance from getting to him. Police denied it but video emerged showing what appear to be police blocking an ambulance.
People came out in force to protest his death on Monday morning but that led to more violent encounters with the police.
A police officer was caught on video, pointing a gun at an apparently unarmed masked protester on the street and then grabbing him, the reason why is unclear. As another unarmed protester approaches reaching out his hand, the officer then fired a live round at him, causing him to drop to the ground. The officer then fires more rounds at a third protester, who also fell to the ground although it is not clear if he was injured.
BREAKING: A video circulated on social media show a police officer fired serval live rounds at protesters as he tried to subdue a man pic.twitter.com/nXCTT4LzUB
— Timmy Sung 🎙 (@timmysung) November 11, 2019
The moment a Hong Kong police officer shot a protester live-streamed on Facebook https://t.co/b7javG8vw6 pic.twitter.com/X4mFyjijuD
— The National (@TheNationalUAE) November 11, 2019
The second protester who initially fell looked very bad, completely limp and with eyes wide open, with blood on the street. Warning for very upsetting content, you can see the video here. He is reportedly in critical condition. The third protester was moving and appeared to be in better shape, it’s unclear whether he was injured.
Some 15 hours after a Hong Kong cop shot and wounded an unarmed protester in my neighbourhood, the junction where the incident took place is very much in the hands of locals pic.twitter.com/eBtVKdVPKj
— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) November 11, 2019
An officer on a motorcycle was also caught on video apparently trying to run protesters down. Protesters were also hurt in that incident.
Barely 9 o’clock in the morning, and across the other side of town, in Kwai Fong, a traffic cop gone berserk on a motorcycle is running protesters over. Several injuries reported. Watch till the very end. It’s very disturbing. pic.twitter.com/KlAeEIGGLA
— Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 (@joshuawongcf) November 11, 2019
There was also a reported encounter where a man was set on fire, allegedly by protesters, and he is in critical condition.
The response of Carrie Lam does not bode well.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam says #HongKong protesters are the enemy of the people and will never win, as she rejects claims that the city's police are out of control. https://t.co/WsqQRvgqKn
— RTHK English News (@rthk_enews) November 11, 2019
In Communist-speak, that means the crackdown is coming.
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