HUNDREDS of students clashed with police and burnt cars in central China after street inspectors beat up a female student.
About 1000 students from several universities in Zhengzhou, Henan province, went on the rampage yesterday evening, the Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said.
A police officer confirmed the riot. It was not immediately clear why the girl was attacked.
"A lot of students were rioting last night, and the situation was quite serious," the official, surnamed Wang, said.
"The general city police office had to send more police to help," she said.
The case was under investigation.
Six officials were detained for not containing the violence, a local newspaper, the Dahe News said, and according to the human rights centre, five students were detained.
Unrest of any kind is highly sensitive in China, whose Communist government prizes stability and brooks no challenges to its power.
But student protests are an even more potent symbol because of a legacy of student activism, most recently in the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations on Tiananmen Square.
A widening gap between rich and poor, corruption and official abuses of power have fuelled a growing number of demonstrations and riots around the country, often sparked by seemingly minor issues.
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