Here is the footage. Caution advised before clicking.pic.twitter.com/I6fWVFTagI
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It was broadcast live on Facebook via Cupid Producer https://www.facebook.com/CupidProducer/videos/506613646588079/ …
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A Hong Kong police officer shot at masked protesters on Monday morning, hitting at least one in the torso, as anger sparked by the recent death of a student spilled into the rush hour commute. Latest by
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To add to the overall hideousness of today, there is video circulating of a man who argued with protesters being doused in a flammable liquid and set alight in Ma On Shan. Not posting video as too graphic but this screen grab gives an idea of how violent this attack was.pic.twitter.com/8kxlonCgBt
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We are working to verify the videos from Ma On Shan. At the moment, police tell us they received reports at 12.53pm that a man was attacked and set alight in Ma On Shan and are investigating both the reports, and the videos.
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Hospital Authority says a man with burns was brought in a critical condition to Prince Wales Hospital, which is the nearest facility to Ma On Shan. They don't say how the man got those burns because they wouldn't know.
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At police presser just now, spox John Tse confirmed attack happened, is being investigated. Said victim had earlier confronted protesters who were vandalising Ma On Shan station. Police showed the footage of the attack shared by eye-witnesses online at presser
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will hold a press conference at 6pm
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Lam's presser this evening was deja vu. Condemnation of violence, appeal for calm, determination to end unrest but no new ideas, solutions, gestures that might either end the violence or tamp down huge public anger.
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Given the more concrete details that have now come in on the Ma On Shan immolation attack, we decided to break out a separate piece on what we know so far:https://au.news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-police-investigating-videos-man-set-alight-081053057--spt.html …
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Some 15 hours after a Hong Kong cop shot and wounded an unarmed protester in my neighbourhood, the junction where the incident took place is very much in the hands of localspic.twitter.com/yzE9NPSzpg
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