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| WATCH Hong Kong protesters beat & set fire to ‘off-duty cop’ (VIDEO) | WATCH Hong Kong protesters beat & set fire to ‘off-duty cop’ (VIDEO) |
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| A camera has captured the dramatic moment when a man – reportedly an off-duty police officer – was dragged away from his car and firebombed by rioters amid violent clashes in Hong Kong. | A camera has captured the dramatic moment when a man – reportedly an off-duty police officer – was dragged away from his car and firebombed by rioters amid violent clashes in Hong Kong. |
| Footage shared by Xinhua news agency shows masked mobsters surrounding the man’s car in a Hong Kong street. They then hurl a petrol bomb at the victim, who was wearing a white T-shirt, before he runs away to escape the blaze. He dropped a sidearm on the ground. | Footage shared by Xinhua news agency shows masked mobsters surrounding the man’s car in a Hong Kong street. They then hurl a petrol bomb at the victim, who was wearing a white T-shirt, before he runs away to escape the blaze. He dropped a sidearm on the ground. |
| Further into the clip, he is seen making a phone call, at which point a second petrol bomb explodes under his legs. | Further into the clip, he is seen making a phone call, at which point a second petrol bomb explodes under his legs. |
| The assault occurred amid anti-Beijing protests that continue to rage in Hong Kong, with violent demonstrators targeting Chinese banks, setting streets ablaze, and vandalizing underground stations. | The assault occurred amid anti-Beijing protests that continue to rage in Hong Kong, with violent demonstrators targeting Chinese banks, setting streets ablaze, and vandalizing underground stations. |
| Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam accused the violent protesters of creating “a very dark night” for the city. | |
| “Everyone is very worried and concerned, or even scared,” she said in a recorded video statement released on Saturday. | |
| Earlier, the city suspended all underground and train services as the authorities braced for another wave of violence on Saturday on the back of a failed new ban on face masks. | Earlier, the city suspended all underground and train services as the authorities braced for another wave of violence on Saturday on the back of a failed new ban on face masks. |
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