Riot police clash with anti-government protesters during a demonstration in Sha Tin district, on China's National Day in Hong Kong, China October 1, 2019. Picture taken October 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Before he was battling police on the front lines of Hong Kong's democracy movement, Tony Tsang, 18, was best known to his peers as a school vice-captain, organising events for fellow students, friends said on Wednesday.
They were speaking a day after the teenager was shot in the chest at point-blank range as he fought an officer with a metal pipe in Tsuen Wan district during some of the most violent clashes in Hong Kong since protests escalated in mid-June.
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