Police opened fire, injuring one while a man was burned as protesters organized a strike across Hong Kong today.

Hong Kong police confirmed two traffic police had to fire three shots to prevent protesters blocking a crosswalk in Sai Wan Ho, Eastern District this morning. Police said several protesters tried to rob a policeman, so he fired to warn, but the bullet hit a protester.

Others then tried to rush forward to help protesters were shot, forcing the police to explode two more bullets. Two protesters were arrested at the scene. Police said the officer was not planning to hurt anyone, but was forced to open fire because he was life threatening. The person hit by the bullet is now in a stable state after the surgery.

According to China's Global Times, black-dressed protesters organized a general strike across Hong Kong and planned to block traffic from early in the morning. They throw debris from a bridge at a fork, light a fire on the street, in a subway station, throw petrol bombs on school buses and "attack civilians". Many train lines have to be temporarily suspended and some universities have to stop students due to serious traffic delays.

The shootings angered protesters, gathering to Sai Wan Ho. The crowd stood around the scene of the blockade to scream at the police. Protesters dressed in black then marched through the Central, prying bricks on the streets attacking the police. The police had to shoot tear gas to disperse the crowd.

At Ma On Shan subway station in Sha Tin district this afternoon, an unidentified man criticized the protest crowd. According to a video from the Global Times, the man shouted to the crowd, then one of the protesters suddenly approached him, poured flammable liquid over him and used a lighter. The man immediately engulfed in intense flames, screaming and fleeing.

It is unclear how long the fire will be extinguished. Another video shows the man standing and looking stunned. He was stripped naked and burned all over his body. The victim was taken to emergency at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin District and is currently in critical condition.

A Hong Kong police source said they were investigating the incident.

Police arrested 266 people aged 11 to 74 during the protests today. Some people are charged with illegal gatherings, vandalism, assaulting police and attempted murder. Protesters smashed and blocked roads in 120 locations across the city. The number of participants in the rally is unknown.

Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people took to the streets in early June to protest against the extradition bill that allows criminals to be sent to jurisdictions where the Special Zone has not signed an extradition treaty, including mainland China. . Although the special zone government announced its withdrawal, the protesters took to the streets in fear of Hong Kong's freedoms being interfered and demanding other claims. Preliminary figures released by the Hong Kong government show that the protests made the first special zone fall into a record recession since the 2008 global financial crisis.