The incredible, harrowing moment is captured as protestors outside a police station in Hong Kong use slingshots and lasers to take on police firing tear gas at them Monday (August 5).<br /><br />Protesters blocked roads and paralyzed train services at peak times on a day of action across the city in what is being described as a general strike.<br /><br />More than 200 flights were cancelled as the protests entered their ninth week.<br /><br />Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, has pledged to restore law and order, rejecting calls for her resignation.<br /><br />Initially the demonstrations, which began on 9 June, focused on a controversial extradition law, which would have allowed the transfer of suspects to mainland China. <br /><br />However, the protests have now become a wider challenge to Beijing's authority.<br /><br />Lam warned that Hong Kong was "on the verge of a very dangerous situation."
