A
police officer shot a masked protester in an incident shown live on
Facebook and a man was set on
fire Monday during one of the most violent days of clashes in Hong Kong since pro-democracy unrest erupted more than five months ago.
A masked assailant also doused a man with a flammable liquid and set him ablaze during an argument, with the horrifying scene captured on mobile phones and also posted online.
"Continuing this rampage is a lose-lose situation for Hong Kong," police spokesman John Tse said at a press conference in which he showed the video of the man being set alight, as well as a fire inside a train.