Calls for calm after villagers' protest
China Daily | Updated: 2009-03-25 07:45
DONGFANG, Hainan: More than 100 officials have been sent to restore peace between rival villagers following violent protests over a high school brawl.
Dongfang city government has deployed 12 work groups to calm the unrest in Gancheng township, where rioters damaged a municipal building and set fire to a police station, Wang Heshan, the city's Party chief, said yesterday.
At least two bystanders were injured.
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