HONG KONG -- Violence in Hong Kong escalated dramatically on Tuesday as a demonstrator was shot by police with a live round, marring Beijing's ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Police confirmed that an 18-year-old man was shot while he was attacking officers. Local media reported that the man was a secondary school student who was sent to a hospital and was in critical condition. A video of the incident, filmed by the City University Student Union and shared on social media, shows an officer drawing a revolver and firing at the protester, who collapsed on the street with his chest bleeding.
