China arrests 30 over riots in northwest

21/11/2008 08:16:25

Police in north-west China have arrested 30 people involved in a two-day protest that had to be broken up with tear gas after 74 people were injured.

As calm returned to Longnan in Gansu province, authorities say they've questioned more than 100 people over the riots in which people threw stones, bricks and bottles at police.

The government says the protest was triggered by a group of people whose houses had been demolished to make way for a new government building.

The protest swelled to about 2,000 people on Tuesday, but had been stamped out by the evening.

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