Hong Kong protests: Rubber bullet blinds journalist in one eye

2019-10-02 17:35:23

An Indonesian journalist has been left permanently blinded in her right eye by a rubber bullet said to have been fired by police during unrest in Hong Kong. Veby Mega Indah was covering protests in the Chinese territory on Sunday when the bullet hit protective glasses she was wearing, her lawyer says. Months of anti-government unrest took a more violent turn on Tuesday when a police bullet injured a protester. Feeling ran high as mainland China celebrated 70 years of Communist rule. Protesters - some armed with poles, petrol bombs and other projectiles - fought pitched battles with police in several parts of Hong Kong. In all, police made 269 arrests, more than on any day since protests began. More than 100 people were taken to hospital and 30 police were injured. Tuesday's unrest saw police fire 900 rubber bullets and 1,400 rounds of tear gas. That compares with 1,000 tear gas canisters fired in the first two months of protests.