Post by Shadow on Dec 11, 2005 11:09:09 GMT -5
Breitbart
Dec 10 4:37 PM US/Eastern
China broke its silence on violent protests in the south, acknowledging demonstrators were killed when police opened fire but giving a far lower death toll than the dozens claimed by residents. The official Xinhua news agency said police fired into a mob of explosives-lobbing protesters on Tuesday after being blockaded near Shanwei city, Guangdong province.
Hundreds of armed villagers had earlier attacked them in a "serious violation of the law", Xinhua said quoting a Shanwei government report.
"It became dark when the chaotic mob began to throw explosives at the police. Police were forced to open fire in alarm," the report said.
"In the chaos, three villagers died, eight were injured with three of them fatally injured."
One villager has said on condition of anonymity that 30 people were killed and the New York Times quoted residents as saying that "as many as 20" died.
Dec 10 4:37 PM US/Eastern
China broke its silence on violent protests in the south, acknowledging demonstrators were killed when police opened fire but giving a far lower death toll than the dozens claimed by residents. The official Xinhua news agency said police fired into a mob of explosives-lobbing protesters on Tuesday after being blockaded near Shanwei city, Guangdong province.
Hundreds of armed villagers had earlier attacked them in a "serious violation of the law", Xinhua said quoting a Shanwei government report.
"It became dark when the chaotic mob began to throw explosives at the police. Police were forced to open fire in alarm," the report said.
"In the chaos, three villagers died, eight were injured with three of them fatally injured."
One villager has said on condition of anonymity that 30 people were killed and the New York Times quoted residents as saying that "as many as 20" died.