Violent protests in Hong Kong, police shoot a protestor

Tens of thousands marched to Hong Kong to oppose a bill, which critics say could allow China to mock political opponents in this territory. The controversial extradition bill would allow alleged criminals to be sent to China for trial.

Protests were called at a national <x0day of grief”, in which three thousand people joined the streets of the city, across six areas, to still spread public outrage to Beijing, reports the “The Guardian”.

Protesters terrified the town, which threw Molotov cocktails, blocked subway stations and opened street fires.

In a video posted by the University of Hong Kong's Union of Students, it is seen how a policeman was shooting a protester in the middle of the crowd with a gun.

For this move, senior police supervisor Yolanda Yu Hoi-kaan claimed the officer acted in self-defense. The police were seriously threatened. To save his life and that of his colleagues, he fired a direct blow on assailant”, she said in a video message posted on the internet.