Villagers Burn Government Buildings

Furious over the way officials handled a teenage student's death, thousands of protesters set fire to police and goverment buildings and overturned vehicles in southwest China. The violence erupted in Weng'an, a county in Guizhou province on Saturday afternoon when the demonstrators converged around the buildings and began attacking the property. They included many middle school student demonstrators as well. Rioters also clashed with paramilitary police dispatched to calm the situation.