A teenage protester has been shot in the chest by police during violent protests in Hong Kong
, according to local media reports.
A video of the incident at Yau Ma Tei showed a violent confrontation between police and protesters. Live warning shots were fired during that incident, however there were no reports of anyone being hit by live rounds. A security clampdown in the city failed to thwart the protests, which organisers said were attended by at least 100,000 people marched along a broad city thoroughfare in defiance of a police ban, chanting anti-China slogans and some carrying Chinese flags defaced with a black cross. Police didn't provide an estimate of the turnout.
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