A protester in Hong Kong was shot in the chest by a live round on Tuesday amid chaotic demonstrations in the city on China’s National Day.

While a massive military parade was held in Beijing, protesters in Hong Kong took to the street for a different reason, trying to spoil China’s 70th birthday celebrations with yet more pro-democracy, anti-government rallies.

Over the last four months of protests in Hong Kong, police have fired rubber bullets, beanbag rounds, and tear gas at crowds and warning shots into the air, but Tuesday’s demonstration has seen shocking escalation with video going viral of a protester who was hit in the chest by a live round in Tseun Wan.

In the video, the protester is seen lying on the ground, saying that his chest hurts and that he needs to go to the hospital.

video of the protesters shot by the live round at Tsuen Wan, he shouted he felt pain in his chest and people nearby tell him to calm down as his chest is bleeding 😢😢😢#HongKong #China70years pic.twitter.com/efCJwZJhIU — LO Kin-hei 羅健熙 (@lokinhei) October 1, 2019

Video has since circulated appearing to show the moment that the protester was shot, point-blank, by police during a scrum.

This video captures the moment a police shot a live round at extremely short distance into a protestor’s chest. Source: HKUSU Campus TV#HongKongProtests #hkpolicebrutality pic.twitter.com/13d7SDwFDa — antiELAB (@anti_elab) October 1, 2019

The protester is reported to be a local F5 student who is in critical condition. Images have been shared showing him lying on the street with blood coming out of the left side of his chest.

This was the moment captured on live streaming. The man was lying on the ground not moving. His eyes didn’t seem to be blinking at some point. I thought he was dead. I didn’t know what to think. https://t.co/4czGI8IagK pic.twitter.com/5tNvs876wg — Vivienne Chow (@VivienneChow) October 1, 2019

BREAKING: A protester in Tsuen Wan got shot by a live bullet in chest! pic.twitter.com/014tp9tDCD — Demosistō 香港眾志 (@demosisto) October 1, 2019

Another picture showing the injured #hkprotestor, his left chest was shot.

Source: @cityusuedb pic.twitter.com/pTzwI9yVq2 — HKRev – Hong Kong Local News Translation (@HkrevInfo) October 1, 2019

At least five live rounds have so far been fired by police today. In one case, protesters are reported to have attacked a police van with sticks and other projectiles. When officers went out to chase them away, one fell to the ground and was surrounded by protesters.

Two other officers then drew their pistols and fired into the air before pointing their weapons at the crowd, a moment that was captured on camera.

Meanwhile, video has also gone viral showing an officer slapping a woman in the face who does not appear to trying to resist arrest.

scene on 70th bday of PRC. CCP-endorsed @hkpoliceforce riot police subdued a girl, and slapped her in her face in Tuen Mun, she was not fighting back or resisting.#HongKong #China70years pic.twitter.com/mN6cv9ISqf — LO Kin-hei 羅健熙 (@lokinhei) October 1, 2019

Elsewhere, general chaos has broken out with some protesters hurling petrol bombs and police responding with tear gas and blue-dye water cannons.

Timelapse: Outside #HongKong police HQ. Protestors flow east from Central into Wanchai. Note 16 seconds in, everyone veers away from police HQ. You can pause and see fire bombs flash and tear gas smoke rising. @CBSNews is here. #HongKongProtests #PRC70Years pic.twitter.com/7TIk3hkhLD — Ramy Inocencio 英若明 (@RamyInocencio) October 1, 2019

I got smurfed. Water cannon with dye and abrasive liquid deployed onto protesters and press on an overpass – roll over on my side while filming to avoid it. pic.twitter.com/SK4WOm2L8Y — Erin Hale (@erinhale) October 1, 2019

Multiple rounds of tear gas fired in Mong Kok #HongKongProtests the chase is on @cnni is here pic.twitter.com/kEpyeN9JOI — anna coren (@amcoren) October 1, 2019

Sense of utter mayhem pic.twitter.com/xEg2kfWQ2U — Jiayang Fan (@JiayangFan) October 1, 2019