Two critically injured in escalating Hong Kong violence
Police shoot demonstrator and man set alight as pro-democracy protesters hurl petrol bombs
11 November 2019 - 18:47
Hong Kong — Police shot and critically wounded a protester and a man was set on fire on Monday in violence that prompted leader Carrie Lam to denounce “enemies of the people” and drew a chilling warning from a senior Chinese newspaper editor.
Protesters threw petrol bombs at police after a weekend of clashes across the Chinese-ruled territory, marking a dramatic escalation in more than five months of often violent pro-democracy unrest...
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