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Hong Kong police says officer who fired live ammunition at a teenage protestor was 'seriously threatened'
Updated about 4 hours ago
VIDEO 1:26 Police fired tear gas on crowds of protesters as violence escalated. ABC NEWS
Fierce clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police broke out in multiple parts of Hong Kong on Tuesday in the most widespread violence challenging Chinese rule as its Communist Party celebrated its 70th year in power.
Hong Kong police shot a teenage protester at close range in the shoulder.
The single pistol shot fired by the officer as protesters swarmed toward him hit the 18-year-old on the left side of his shoulder, police spokeswoman Yolanda Yu said.
She described the protesters as "rioters" and said the 18-year-old continued to attack police despite their warnings.
PHOTO Paramedics treating the 18-year-old before he was taken to hospital. AFP
"The police officers' lives were under serious threat," Ms Yu said in a police video.
"To save his own life and his colleagues' lives, he fired a live shot at the assailant."
The wounded teenager was taken to a hospital for treatment "in a conscious state", she said.
While officers have previously fired warning shots in the air on multiple occasions during months of protests in Hong Kong, this was the first time a protester is known to have been shot.
There were other instances on Tuesday when officers also drew their weapons, including two with bloodied faces who pointed pistols, as protesters and riot police fought fierce battles at multiple locations in the city.
Video from the protest, which spread quickly on social media, appeared to show an officer opening fire as the protester came at him with a baton, striking the officer's shooting arm.
Circulated by the City University Student Union, the footage showed a dozen black-clad protesters hurling objects at a group of riot police and closing in on a lone officer who pointed his revolver and opened fire.
A Hospital Authority spokeswoman told AFP that 15 people had been admitted to hospitals across the city, with one person in a critical condition at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
She would not confirm if the critical patient was the man who had been shot.
Riot police fired multiple volleys of tear gas in at least six locations and used water cannon in the business district in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory as protesters turned streets into battlefields to spoil the October 1 anniversary of Communist rule.
A security clampdown in the city to thwart violence that would embarrass Chinese President Xi Jinping failed to deter the protests, including a massive march in the city centre.
PHOTO An anti-government protester throws away a tear gas cannister in the Sha Tin district. REUTERS: JORGE SILVA
Organisers said at least 100,000 people marched along a broad city thoroughfare in defiance of a police ban, chanting anti-China slogans and some carrying Chinese flags defaced with a black cross. Police did not provide an estimate of the turnout.
Many demonstrators tossed wads of fake "hell" banknotes usually used at funerals into the air.
Thousands of people confronted police in multiple locations across the city, the largest number of simultaneous protests since the unrest began in early June over a now-shelved extradition bill that activists say was an example of how Hong Kong's freedoms and citizen rights are being eroded.
PHOTO Riot police fired tear gas to disperse pro-democracy protesters. AP: FELIPE DANA
The movement has since snowballed into an anti-China campaign with demands for direct elections for the city's leaders and police accountability.
The smell of stinging tear gas and smoke from street fires started by protesters engulfed the Wan Chai, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan and Tsim Sha Tsui areas.
Protesters hurled gasoline bombs, bricks and other objects at police, who responded with volleys of tear gas.
Protesters used umbrellas as shields and threw tear gas canisters back at police. Police said protesters used corrosive fluid in Tuen Mun, injuring officers and some reporters.
PHOTO Officers say they were hit by a corrosive liquid thrown by protesters. SUPPLIED: HONG KONG POLICE FORCE
In Wong Tai Sin, a gasoline bomb that protesters hurled at police exploded near motorcycles parked along a pavement, creating a large blaze that was put out by firefighters.
Some protesters placed an emergency water hose down a subway station to try to flood it.
A water cannon truck sprayed blue water, used to identify protesters, to disperse crowds from advancing to government offices in the city.
Scores of police officers also stood guard near Beijing's liaison office as the battles continued across the territory.
PHOTO In Hong Kong hundreds of protesters clashed with police. REUTERS: SUSANA VERA
"Today we are out to tell the Communist Party that Hong Kong people have nothing to celebrate," said activist Lee Cheuk-yan as he led the downtown march.
Activists carried banners saying, "End dictatorial rule, return power to the people".
The popular LIHKG online chat forum used by protesters was inaccessible on mobile phones, a move believed to have been made to prevent communication by protesters.
More than two dozen subway stations and many shopping malls across the city were shut.
PHOTO This police officer was hit by pepper spray during a clash in Wan Chai district. REUTERS: SUSANA VERA
The protests contrasted with Beijing's anniversary festivities, which were marked with a colourful parade and display of new missile technology. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who is in Beijing for the ceremony, smiled as a Hong Kong float passed by.
On Tuesday morning, as the city's Government marked the anniversary with a solemn ceremony, police used pepper spray to break up a brief scuffle between Beijing supporters and a small group of pro-democracy protesters.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung told hundreds of guests at a reception that the city has become "unrecognisable" due to the violence.
Cheung said Beijing fully supports the "one country, two systems" framework that gives Hong Kong freedoms and rights not enjoyed on the mainland. The system was implemented when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Anniversary marked with military show
Mr Xi declared that "no force" can shake China as he oversaw a huge military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary.
About 15,000 troops along with tanks, new nuclear missiles and a supersonic drone paraded down the Avenue of Eternal Peace on Tuesday as Mr Xi and other Communist Party leaders watched from a rostrum overlooking Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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Video 1:04
China marked the 70 years of Communist Party rule with a huge military parade
ABC News
The event was meant to extol China's journey from a poor nation broken by war to the world's second-largest economy, but Mr Xi faces a clutch of challenges from a US trade war to months of unrest in Hong Kong.
Mr Xi, who wore the distinctive "Mao suit", delivered a speech invoking the "Chinese dream" of national rejuvenation — his grand vision of restoring the country to perceived past glory.
PHOTO Mr Xi delivered a speech invoking the "Chinese dream". REUTERS: THOMAS PETER
"There is no force that can shake the foundation of this great nation," Mr Xi said from the Tiananmen rostrum where Chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.
"No force that can stop the Chinese people and the Chinese nation forging ahead," the country's most powerful leader since Mao said before reviewing troops in an open-roof car.
PHOTO China has also shown off what's claimed to be the world's longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile, the Dongfeng 41 (DF-41). AP: NG HAN GUAN
Helicopters flew in a "70" formation over the city as troops goosestepped across Tiananmen Square in what state media described as the country's biggest-ever military parade, featuring 580 pieces of armament and 160 aircraft.
The People's Liberation Army brought out its newest hardware including the DF-41, a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile with range enough to reach the entire United States, and the DF-17, a launcher for a hypersonic glider.
PHOTO China marked the 70th anniversary of its founding with a military parade. REUTERS / JASON LEE
Warplanes including the J-20 stealth fighter soared through the smog-choked skies, and state media said a high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance drone made a public appearance for the first time.
"The party hopes that this occasion will add to its legitimacy and rally support at a time of internal and external challenges," Adam Ni, China researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney, said.
Xi's words 'won't reassure everyone'
In his speech, Mr Xi said China "must adhere" to the one country, two systems policy governing Hong Kong and "maintain the long-term prosperity and stability" of the city.
He also called for the "peaceful development" of relations with Taiwan — the self-governed island that Beijing considers a renegade province — but said China should "continue to fight for the full reunification of the country."
Mr Xi's words on Hong Kong "won't, of course, reassure everyone but it shows the limits within which Beijing wants to operate vis-a-vis Hong Kong in the future, in spite of its increasing interference in local affairs," said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, professor of political science at Hong Kong Baptist University.
The Beijing festivities were held under tight security, with road closures and even a ban on flying kites.
PHOTO Despite a police ban, thousands marched through the city. REUTERS: ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA
The military show of force was followed by a pageant involving 100,000 civilians and 70 floats depicting China's greatest achievements.
A giant portrait of Mao, followed by those of past leaders and Mr Xi, streamed across the avenue as the President and other officials waved.
Replicas of a space rocket, a homegrown passenger plane and high-speed trains were followed by smiling ethnic minorities — imagery that glosses over accusations of human rights abuses in the frontier regions of Tibet and Xinjiang.
PHOTO The parade featured a giant portrait of Mao, followed by those of past leaders and Mr Xi. REUTERS: THOMAS PETER
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Updated about 4 hours ago
Fierce clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police broke out in multiple parts of Hong Kong on Tuesday in the most widespread violence challenging Chinese rule as its Communist Party celebrated its 70th year in power.
Hong Kong police shot a teenage protester at close range in the shoulder.
The single pistol shot fired by the officer as protesters swarmed toward him hit the 18-year-old on the left side of his shoulder, police spokeswoman Yolanda Yu said.
She described the protesters as "rioters" and said the 18-year-old continued to attack police despite their warnings.
"The police officers' lives were under serious threat," Ms Yu said in a police video.
"To save his own life and his colleagues' lives, he fired a live shot at the assailant."
The wounded teenager was taken to a hospital for treatment "in a conscious state", she said.
While officers have previously fired warning shots in the air on multiple occasions during months of protests in Hong Kong, this was the first time a protester is known to have been shot.
There were other instances on Tuesday when officers also drew their weapons, including two with bloodied faces who pointed pistols, as protesters and riot police fought fierce battles at multiple locations in the city.
Video from the protest, which spread quickly on social media, appeared to show an officer opening fire as the protester came at him with a baton, striking the officer's shooting arm.
Circulated by the City University Student Union, the footage showed a dozen black-clad protesters hurling objects at a group of riot police and closing in on a lone officer who pointed his revolver and opened fire.
A Hospital Authority spokeswoman told AFP that 15 people had been admitted to hospitals across the city, with one person in a critical condition at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
She would not confirm if the critical patient was the man who had been shot.
Riot police fired multiple volleys of tear gas in at least six locations and used water cannon in the business district in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory as protesters turned streets into battlefields to spoil the October 1 anniversary of Communist rule.
A security clampdown in the city to thwart violence that would embarrass Chinese President Xi Jinping failed to deter the protests, including a massive march in the city centre.
Organisers said at least 100,000 people marched along a broad city thoroughfare in defiance of a police ban, chanting anti-China slogans and some carrying Chinese flags defaced with a black cross. Police did not provide an estimate of the turnout.
Many demonstrators tossed wads of fake "hell" banknotes usually used at funerals into the air.
Thousands of people confronted police in multiple locations across the city, the largest number of simultaneous protests since the unrest began in early June over a now-shelved extradition bill that activists say was an example of how Hong Kong's freedoms and citizen rights are being eroded.
The movement has since snowballed into an anti-China campaign with demands for direct elections for the city's leaders and police accountability.
The smell of stinging tear gas and smoke from street fires started by protesters engulfed the Wan Chai, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan and Tsim Sha Tsui areas.
Protesters hurled gasoline bombs, bricks and other objects at police, who responded with volleys of tear gas.
Protesters used umbrellas as shields and threw tear gas canisters back at police. Police said protesters used corrosive fluid in Tuen Mun, injuring officers and some reporters.
In Wong Tai Sin, a gasoline bomb that protesters hurled at police exploded near motorcycles parked along a pavement, creating a large blaze that was put out by firefighters.
Some protesters placed an emergency water hose down a subway station to try to flood it.
A water cannon truck sprayed blue water, used to identify protesters, to disperse crowds from advancing to government offices in the city.
Scores of police officers also stood guard near Beijing's liaison office as the battles continued across the territory.
"Today we are out to tell the Communist Party that Hong Kong people have nothing to celebrate," said activist Lee Cheuk-yan as he led the downtown march.
Activists carried banners saying, "End dictatorial rule, return power to the people".
The popular LIHKG online chat forum used by protesters was inaccessible on mobile phones, a move believed to have been made to prevent communication by protesters.
More than two dozen subway stations and many shopping malls across the city were shut.
The protests contrasted with Beijing's anniversary festivities, which were marked with a colourful parade and display of new missile technology. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who is in Beijing for the ceremony, smiled as a Hong Kong float passed by.
On Tuesday morning, as the city's Government marked the anniversary with a solemn ceremony, police used pepper spray to break up a brief scuffle between Beijing supporters and a small group of pro-democracy protesters.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung told hundreds of guests at a reception that the city has become "unrecognisable" due to the violence.
Cheung said Beijing fully supports the "one country, two systems" framework that gives Hong Kong freedoms and rights not enjoyed on the mainland. The system was implemented when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Anniversary marked with military show
Mr Xi declared that "no force" can shake China as he oversaw a huge military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary.
About 15,000 troops along with tanks, new nuclear missiles and a supersonic drone paraded down the Avenue of Eternal Peace on Tuesday as Mr Xi and other Communist Party leaders watched from a rostrum overlooking Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
Video 1:04
China marked the 70 years of Communist Party rule with a huge military parade
ABC News
The event was meant to extol China's journey from a poor nation broken by war to the world's second-largest economy, but Mr Xi faces a clutch of challenges from a US trade war to months of unrest in Hong Kong.
Mr Xi, who wore the distinctive "Mao suit", delivered a speech invoking the "Chinese dream" of national rejuvenation — his grand vision of restoring the country to perceived past glory.
"There is no force that can shake the foundation of this great nation," Mr Xi said from the Tiananmen rostrum where Chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.
"No force that can stop the Chinese people and the Chinese nation forging ahead," the country's most powerful leader since Mao said before reviewing troops in an open-roof car.
Helicopters flew in a "70" formation over the city as troops goosestepped across Tiananmen Square in what state media described as the country's biggest-ever military parade, featuring 580 pieces of armament and 160 aircraft.
The People's Liberation Army brought out its newest hardware including the DF-41, a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile with range enough to reach the entire United States, and the DF-17, a launcher for a hypersonic glider.
Warplanes including the J-20 stealth fighter soared through the smog-choked skies, and state media said a high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance drone made a public appearance for the first time.
"The party hopes that this occasion will add to its legitimacy and rally support at a time of internal and external challenges," Adam Ni, China researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney, said.
Xi's words 'won't reassure everyone'
In his speech, Mr Xi said China "must adhere" to the one country, two systems policy governing Hong Kong and "maintain the long-term prosperity and stability" of the city.
He also called for the "peaceful development" of relations with Taiwan — the self-governed island that Beijing considers a renegade province — but said China should "continue to fight for the full reunification of the country."
Mr Xi's words on Hong Kong "won't, of course, reassure everyone but it shows the limits within which Beijing wants to operate vis-a-vis Hong Kong in the future, in spite of its increasing interference in local affairs," said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, professor of political science at Hong Kong Baptist University.
The Beijing festivities were held under tight security, with road closures and even a ban on flying kites.
The military show of force was followed by a pageant involving 100,000 civilians and 70 floats depicting China's greatest achievements.
A giant portrait of Mao, followed by those of past leaders and Mr Xi, streamed across the avenue as the President and other officials waved.
Replicas of a space rocket, a homegrown passenger plane and high-speed trains were followed by smiling ethnic minorities — imagery that glosses over accusations of human rights abuses in the frontier regions of Tibet and Xinjiang.
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