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Hong Kong protests

October 2, 2019


International criticism mounts after

 protester is shot in Hong Kong

Violence in Hong Kong escalated dramatically as a demonstrator 
was shot and critically injured by police with a live round on Oct. 1,
 the same day that Beijing marked the 70th anniversary of the 
founding of the People's Republic of China. The photo is from a 
video on the Facebook page of HKUSU Campus TV, which said it
 was of the incident.
Read our coverage of Hong Kong protests here.

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