- Title: Hong Kong residents rally against 'police violence' with paper birds
- Date: 2nd October 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 2, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ORIGAMI DISPLAY ON FLOOR READING (Chinese): "HONG KONG PEOPLE STRIVE ON"/ (English): "FREE HONG KONG" PROTESTERS STANDING IN MALL PROTESTERS STANDING BY DISPLAY VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING AND STANDING IN MALL (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOGISTICS OFFICER, JOE NG, SAYING: "I want to support the student that stay in the hospital. We want to let the government know our voice, our idea and our action, we do not give up until we get what we want." VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WAVING FLAGS IN THE MALL VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS PLACING ORIGAMI BIRDS ON FLOOR VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS FOLDING ORIGAMI BIRDS (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) UNIVERSITY STUDENT, STEFAN CHEUNG, SAYING: "We only have one request: dismantle the police force. Why we want to dismantle the police force? Because they have been using excessive force to beat the protesters and they even use live ammunition on a secondary school student, they are abusing power." PROTESTERS HOLDING UP PHONES WITH FLASHLIGHTS ON AND SINGING "GLORY TO HONG KONG" PROTESTERS CHANTING PROTESTERS PLACING ORIGAMI BIRDS ON FLOOR
- Embargoed: 16th October 2019 16:00
- Keywords: Hong Kong China residents rally police violence origami
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZEOJT3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of Hong Kong residents rallied in a shopping mall on Wednesday (October 2) in support for a secondary school student who was shot by police in a violent protest on Chinese National Day (October 1).
Demonstrators placed origami paper birds on the floor and sung "Glory to Hong Kong", an anthem now associated with the protest movement.
More than 100 people were wounded during Tuesday's turmoil, the Hospital Authority said, as anti-China demonstrators took to the streets across the Chinese-ruled territory, throwing petrol bombs and attacking police who responded with tear gas and water cannon.
One officer responded by shooting an 18-year-old school student in the chest with a live round after he came under attack with a metal bar, video footage shows.
The teen was in stable condition in hospital on Wednesday.
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