Hong Kong authorities start arrests after violent clashes
Hong Kong authorities mopped up on Wednesday after the most violent clashes in nearly four months of anti-government unrest, including the shooting of a teenage demonstrator by police and the arrest of more than 180 people.
Students not spared
Among the injured was an 18-year-old school student who was shot in the chest with a live round. He is in stable condition in a hospital.
Police said that the officer involved was under serious threat and acted in accordance with official guidelines. The wounded man was conscious when taken to the hospital, the police added.
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Protests coincide with China's National Day
Tuesday's protests, on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, were aimed at propelling the activists' fight for greater democracy onto the international stage and embarrassing the city's political leaders in Beijing.
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State-sanctioned violence continues
The protests on Tuesday quickly degenerated into chaos as police fired tear gas and water cannon at petrol bomb-throwing protesters in areas spreading from the shopping district of Causeway Bay to the Admiralty area of government offices, over the harbour to Kowloon and beyond to the New Territories.
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