A 14-year-old boy has been shot by a police officer at close range during clashes tonight, according to local reports. The cop, said to be off duty, was besieged, attacked and set ablaze by a group of masked demonstrators, who hurled petrol bombs at him. An unverified social media clip shows the man wearing a white T-shirt being beaten to the ground and then desperately running away from the flames after being assaulted in the middle of the road. Rampages have erupted across Hong Kong as demonstrators in defiance of a new mask ban attacked Chinese bank outlets, vandalised subway stations and set street fires, prompting police to respond with tear gas.

Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corp said all services would be suspended on Saturday due to "malicious vandalism" as violent protests erupted across the Chinese-ruled city hours after the government invoked emergency powers, Reuters reports. #HK

Video from the streets of Hong Kong today. Police are preparing for new clashes.👮🏻‍♂️ #HK

Two Italian policemen have been shot dead after a suspect 'with psychiatric problems' grappled an officer before 'shooting at point blank range' and fleeing. Pierluigi Rotta, 34, and Matteo De Menego, 31, had taken two brothers of Dominican origin - who were suspects in a theft - in to the Trieste Police Headquarters before they were both shot dead, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The younger of the brothers, aged 29 and 32, who is thought to have psychiatric problems, asked to go to the toilet before attacking his accompanying officer, according to the newspaper. Grabbing his gun the suspect fatally shot both officers and left another injured just after 5pm today, it was reported. Both the killer and his brother fled but have since been apprehended. #RIP