| Thousands of students have attacked a county government office in central China, smashing windows and clashing with riot police, in unrest triggered by a property dispute. Students from a high school in Shenqiu county, Henan province, clashed with police whilst trying to stop a developer from building apartments on their sports ground, Reuters news agency said, quoting the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. The students became enraged when two girls were injured in the scuffles, and proceeded to surround the local government building. The county government called in an emergency detachment of 100 regular and armed police to try to disperse the crowd. The group said some 20
students were injured in the clashes which followed. Calls placed by the news agency to the county government office went unanswered. Students did not disperse until a government official "promised to talk with the developer". |
