Man injured in mall jump while running from police

Man injured in mall jump while running from police

A man was filmed jumping from the second floor of a Yuen Long mall onto the first on Christmas Eve, while running away from police during protests targeting shopping malls across the city.



Footage from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Radio News showed the man running away from riot police as another man was being detained. He shoulder-tackled an officer, knocking him to the ground, before leaping over a glass barrier down around four metres onto the floor below as another officer tried to catch him.



He curled up in pain and appeared to be injured.



Onlookers screamed, then shouted at the police. The injured man was later taken away by paramedics in a conscious state.



Police said in a statement that the man was one of two males they intercepted on the second floor of Yoho Mall II as they were investigating a report that 'rioters' had been vandalising shops there.



They said he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting police, and are looking into whether he was involved in any other offences.



Other people were subsequently subdued and taken away, with officers pointing pepper spray at people at one point.



Black-clad protesters had gathered at the Yoho Mall at around 8pm, as part of protests in shopping centres across Hong Kong.