Hong Kong Police Shoot Protester Amid Clashes, Video Shows

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong police officer shot an antigovernment demonstrator on Monday, an escalation likely to inflame tensions in a financial hub already jittery over the recent death of a student involved in the protests.

The officer fired several shots on Monday morning toward two black-clad protesters in a neighborhood where traffic had been snarled by roadblocks, video footage from the scene shows. One of the protesters crumpled to the ground after being hit at point-blank range, and appeared semiconscious afterward.

The shooting on Monday came as pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong blocked roads and scuffled with riot police officers across the city as part of what had been billed as a citywide general strike.

Here’s the latest on the Hong Kong protests:

A rush-hour shooting.

• Tens of thousands of people gathered at a park outside the Hong Kong government headquarters on Saturday in memory of Chow Tsz-lok, 22, who died after falling from a parking garage amid protests last Monday. A constant stream of people left paper cranes and white flowers at a stage where speakers gave emotional addresses.

• Mr. Chow, a student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, suffered head and pelvic injuries when he fell one story. Some protesters have blamed the police for his death, but the circumstances of his fall remain unclear.

Beijing pushes scrapped anti-sedition law.

• The head of Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office on Saturday said that the local government’s inability to pass an anti-sedition law was to blame for what he described as growing calls for Hong Kong’s independence.

• The proposed legislation, based on Article 23 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, would outlaw calls for independence and put the territory more in line with mainland laws for what China characterizes as treason. The bill was shelved in 2003 after a half-million Hong Kong residents protested.

• Six pro-democracy lawmakers were charged on Saturday in relation to scuffles on May 11, as Hong Kong’s legislature met to discuss the extradition bill. Lawmakers from the democracy camp said the arrests were part of a government plan to interfere with local elections scheduled for Nov. 24.

Katherine Li contributed reporting.