Pro-democracy lawmaker says Hong Kong police 'have gone trigger-happy and nuts' after an officer shot and wounded a teenager in an escalation of protest violence.
A student out her hand on the chest during a strike in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Hundreds of students at a Hong Kong college have staged a strike to condemn police shooting of a teenager during widespread violence in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory at pre-democracy protests that marred China's National Day.
The officer fired as the protester struck him with a metal rod. His use of lethal weaponry is sure to inflame widespread public anger about police tactics during the crisis, widely condemned as heavy handed. Several hundred people, including students, protested with quiet fury at the wounded demonstrator’s school in the Tsuen Wan district of Hong Kong on Wednesday morning.
The police chief defended the officer’s use of force. Commissioner Stephen Lo said late Tuesday night that the officer had feared for his life and made “a split-second” to fire with a single shot at close range. Local TV stations showed two officers with bloodied faces pointing pistols as protesters who sought to spoil the Oct. 1 anniversary of Communist rule fought pitched battles with riot police.
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