The altercation follows more than 2 months of demonstrations.
He said: ‘Police officer had his baton taken from him and was attacked with it. Drew his pistol and aimed at protesters. Astonished nobody killed here tonight.’
He was identified on Twitter as a mainland Chinese reporter for state-run tabloid newspaper Global Times, according to the editor-in-chief of the outlet. Medics attempt to remove an injured man who anti-government protesters said was an undercover policeman at the airport Pro-democracy demonstrators are demanding the city’s chief executive Carrie Lam step down and entirely scrap the currently suspended legislation.
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