TIL Desk/World/Hong Kong/ Amid the ongoing chaos in Hong Kong, a pro-China supporter was doused with flammable liquid and set alight on Monday, hours after a protester was shot at by police. According to the police, the incident on a footbridge in the city”s Ma On Shan area took place due to a dispute. A video making rounds on social media shows the man assaulted and sprayed with an unknown solution.
As he walks away he shouts, “you are not Chinese”. A crowd responds, “we are Hongkongers”. He returns after someone hurls abuses at him and a dispute ensues. The man is then doused with flammable liquid and set alight. A police source said that the man has been taken to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin for treatment. He has second degree burns on 28 per cent of his body, mainly on his chest and arms.
On Monday morning, a policeman has shot a protester as demonstrators tried to block a junction at Sai Wan Ho on the north-east of the island. Police confirmed that one officer “discharged his service revolver” and that a man was shot. The officer fired twice more, but there were no injuries. After the shooting, footage showed the 21-year old protester lying with his eyes wide open and with blood around him.
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