Numerous people have been wounded, the eyewitness said, one of whom happened to be his cousin. While walking out of the post office, where he had wired money home, the relative was mistaken for a participant and was then so violently beaten by the police with an iron bar that he bled internally.
On the evening of June 11, a witness posted, “I saw riot police chasing and beating the crowd. Both sides were hitting each other and innocent passers-by were also caught up in the violence. Burnt and damaged police cars were stranded on the national highway for hundreds of yards, while blood from innocent bystanders was visible on the path leading to the village. So far, dozens of police cars have been burnt, and two tanks are guarding the bank.”
Updates were made on this individual’s Weibo account throughout the evening. One at 10:39 p.m. said: “Tonight, cars in some places are still being burned and smashed. The deployment of more police has not ended the street violence, since the protesters have now learned some tactics of guerrilla warfare.”
Again at 11:14 p.m.: “A large-scale demonstration is being staged from the Xintang Township Government building to Niuzaicheng Road. Crowds of factory workers are yelling and smashing cars outside the Xintang Township Government building[...]”
At 1:05 a.m., June 12, violent crowds had given Xintang a restless night. At 1:52 a.m. dozens of military cars drove to the Xintang Township Government building.
Not until 3:15 a.m. “did the crowds start to leave after a pouring rain began. The street then fell silent.”
On the evening of June 11, a witness posted, “I saw riot police chasing and beating the crowd. Both sides were hitting each other and innocent passers-by were also caught up in the violence. Burnt and damaged police cars were stranded on the national highway for hundreds of yards, while blood from innocent bystanders was visible on the path leading to the village. So far, dozens of police cars have been burnt, and two tanks are guarding the bank.”
Updates were made on this individual’s Weibo account throughout the evening. One at 10:39 p.m. said: “Tonight, cars in some places are still being burned and smashed. The deployment of more police has not ended the street violence, since the protesters have now learned some tactics of guerrilla warfare.”
Again at 11:14 p.m.: “A large-scale demonstration is being staged from the Xintang Township Government building to Niuzaicheng Road. Crowds of factory workers are yelling and smashing cars outside the Xintang Township Government building[...]”
At 1:05 a.m., June 12, violent crowds had given Xintang a restless night. At 1:52 a.m. dozens of military cars drove to the Xintang Township Government building.
Not until 3:15 a.m. “did the crowds start to leave after a pouring rain began. The street then fell silent.”
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