- Title: Schoolmates denounce Hong Kong police shooting of teen
- Date: 2nd October 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 2, 2019) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SHOT TEEN'S SCHOOL, TSUEN WAN HO CHUEN YIU MEMORIAL COLLEGE STUDENT WEARING SCHOOL UNIFORM WALKING OUT CITIZEN'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS CAMERAMAN FILMING (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) SHOT TEEN'S SCHOOLMATE, MR. WONG, SAYING: "Tony has always been a role model to the junior students in our school. Perseverance is his best quality. As long as I can remember I have known him to be extremely gifted in both school and sport. He put his whole heart into participating in the anti-extradition movement. Although he is only a secondary form 5 student, he is sacrificing himself for Hong Kong with no fear. He has participated in all kinds of protest. No matter how big the protest size is, from school strike to big marches, he will join and fight for Hong Kong people." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) SHOT TEEN'S SCHOOLMATE, MR. WONG, SAYING: "He (the protester shot) often said that he would rather die than be arrested, because those police officers are inhuman. After the arrest, they would beat you with no reason. Unfortunately, it happened to him. He has sacrificed a lot for Hong Kong, but we could not reach our aim. As his schoolmates and brothers, we are very proud of him. But we should think, even when secondary school students start to come out and fight against unfairness in this society, isn't there a serious problem in this society?" VARIOUS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS CHANTING (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) 16-YEAR-OLD SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT, NICOAL YEUNG, SAYING: "In fact, we have been studying in this school in this neighborhood for so many years. I definitely know him. After all, he is a student, we are the same, and we just want to express our own demands, there should be nothing wrong. We do not need to be treated so unfairly. I will feel very scared if I see the police on the street because I don't know if they will point a gun at me next time." VARIOUS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WEARING SCHOOL UNIFORM AND HOLDING PLACARDS
- Embargoed: 16th October 2019 08:46
- Keywords: protesters Hong Kong student shooting
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZEK85J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Schoolmates teenage protester who was shot point-blank by a police officer spoke out on Wednesday (October 2) to denounce a policeman for shooting and wounding him during the most violent clashes in nearly four months of unrest.
One officer responded by shooting the 18-year-old school student Tony Tsang 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.
Protesters have previously been hit with anti-riot bean-bags rounds and rubber bullets and officers have fired live rounds in the air, but this was the first time a demonstrator had been shot with a live round.
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