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Hong Kong Officer Fires Live Rounds at Freedom Protesters, Wounding One Man in the Chest

A Hong Kong protester was hit by a live round and wounded in the chest today, as the freedom protests in the city become more violent.

A protest group, Demosisto, posted a video on social media that seemed to show a law enforcement official pointing a handgun at the chest of a protester point blank and firing it.

The video can be seen here from different angles [viewer discretion is advised]:

A police official validated what was seen on video, and confirmed that a police officer discharged a gun in the Tsuen Wan area, and a protester was stricken as a result. The victim is reportedly fighting for his life at the Princess Margaret hospital in Kwai Chung in critical condition.

Read the full story from Big League Politics


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