Burst
Written by: Ling Yide
2019-12-25 02:39
Last updated: 2019-12-25 02:39On the evening of Christmas Eve (24th), netizens launched a "Sing with you and return to Hong Kong safely" campaign in multiple district shopping malls. Conflicts broke out in Hong Kong, and police officers and reporters also talked from time to time. By midnight, shortly after Christmas (25th), Mong Kok smoked again. Demonstrators threw petrol bombs at police cars at the junction of Nathan Road and Argyle Street. Police fired tear gas to disperse. In confusion, a male journalist was hit with blood in the head. Sources said he was suspected of being injured by a pepperball.
It was seen at the scene that the reporter was sitting on the side of the road immediately after being shot. At that time, he was wearing a helmet and a gas mask. However, after taking off the equipment, his forehead was covered with blood, including a deep wound on the right forehead. As noted, his colleagues and volunteer first aiders stopped bleeding immediately, put on a bandage, and washed his eyes with normal saline.
During the multi-regional conflict, police officers and reporters clashed from time to time. In the early hours of the morning, during the interview with a large number of reporters in Mong Kok, some police officers said that they must leave immediately, regardless of whether they are "so-called first aid" or they may be suspected of "illegal assembly". Later, they fired two more tear gas bombs in the direction of the reporters. In addition, Last night, the police intercepted nearly a hundred people in Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, and brought them into the Wan Chai Police Chief. During the period, the blockade was repeatedly expanded, and police officers and reporters had an argument.
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