11/11/2019 10:03
Hong Kong police shoot man in Monday morning rush hour protests
A policeman has shot at least one person in protests during Monday morning rush hour in Hong Kong.
Footage shown live on Facebook showed the officer drawing his gun before grappling with a man at a roadblock.
Another man, wearing a face mask, then approaches and the officer shoots him, hitting him in the torso.
As the grapple continues, the officer fires another two rounds - although it's not clear from the footage whether the bullets hit anyone.
The person who was shot is undergoing surgery and is in a critical condition, a Hospital Authority spokesman told the BBC.
The spokesman said he was not aware of a second person being injured.
It's the third time police have shot someone with live rounds since the Hong Kong protests began in June.
The first incident was during protests on 1 October when China was celebrating 70 years of communist rule. The second case was a teenage boy shot in the leg on 4 October.
The Monday morning shootings happened as protesters tried to block a junction at Sai Wan Ho on the north-east of the island.