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17 February 2016, 11:00
A rubber goods factory in western China has been ransacked in series of attacks by more than 100 people since the first day of the Lunar New Year, according to reports.
Buildings, equipment and pipelines were destroyed at the complex in Xian, Shaanxi province and products set to be delivered after the holiday were buried under rubbles, Xiancity.com reported.
Police do not yet know who was responsible for the raids, nor their motive.
The first attack took place in the early hours of Friday, the first day of the Lunar New Year, when a mob wearing masks and brandishing poles, hammers and crow bars broke through the factory’s gate.
The rampage lasted for three hours, a security guard at the scene said.
Soon after the attack began, the factory’s power supply was cut and its surveillance cameras were destroyed, the report said.
The guard called the police but the crowd had fled by the time the police arrived.
The attackers returned the next night and again on Sunday, destroying whole areas of the complex, including a boiler containing 10 tonnes of diesel.
A rubber goods factory in western China has been ransacked in series of attacks by more than 100 people since the first day of the Lunar New Year, according to reports.
Buildings, equipment and pipelines were destroyed at the complex in Xian, Shaanxi province and products set to be delivered after the holiday were buried under rubbles, Xiancity.com reported.
Police do not yet know who was responsible for the raids, nor their motive.
The first attack took place in the early hours of Friday, the first day of the Lunar New Year, when a mob wearing masks and brandishing poles, hammers and crow bars broke through the factory’s gate.
The rampage lasted for three hours, a security guard at the scene said.
Soon after the attack began, the factory’s power supply was cut and its surveillance cameras were destroyed, the report said.
The guard called the police but the crowd had fled by the time the police arrived.
The attackers returned the next night and again on Sunday, destroying whole areas of the complex, including a boiler containing 10 tonnes of diesel.