.AP Photos: Hong Kong protesters show solidarity with injured woman, wearing bandages over one eye.
A nurse wears an eyepatch and face mask as medical staff take part in a protest against police brutality on the protesters, at a hospital in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. Demonstrators have in recent days focused on their demand for an independent inquiry into what they call the police's abuse of power and negligence. That followed reports and circulating video footage of violent arrests and injuries sustained by protesters.
HONG KONG — Protesters who have occupied Hong Kong International Airport wore bandages over one eye in a sign of solidarity with a comrade reportedly hit with a type of non-lethal ammunition known as a beanbag round. The Associated Press has not verified who caused the woman’s injury, and photographic evidence has been scanty. However, demonstrators who prompted the shutdown of one of the world’s busiest airports have taken up the reported injury as their latest rallying cry in their demands for an investigation into alleged police brutality over the course of the 10-week protest movement.
Police spokesmen and Hong Kong Secretary for Security John Lee said Monday that police were still gathering information about the cause of the woman’s injury. Lee said police have struggled to investigate the case because no one has formally reported the incident. Hong Kong police have used beanbag rounds, along with tear gas grenades, rubber bullets and batons, to fight off protesters who have besieged government offices and police stations and occupied the airport over the weekend, eventually forcing its closure and the cancellation of hundreds of flights.
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