Violent clashes over plan for incinerator in Guangzhou

Suspected protest leaders rounded up after four injured in running battles with police as thousands take to the streets of Guangzhou

South China Morning Post scmp.com Saturday, 20 July, 2013 Mimi Laumimi.lau@scmp.com

Riot police rounded up about a dozen people late last night in a raid on Qianjin village, Guangzhou, the site of a planned incinerator, after violent clashes earlier in the day.

Officers moved in hours after police used force to disperse thousands of protesters in Huadu district following a series of running battles. At least four protesters were injured during protests involving as many as 10,000 people at times.

It was the third large-scale rally in two weeks to fight the proposed refuse incinerator in Shiling township, a national hub for leather-goods manufacturing. Read more …

~ par Alain Bertho sur 20 juillet 2013.

Publié dans émeutes, riots, 暴動
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