Shotguns used in fight; 19 injured

GUANGZHOU: The local police are investigating a fight between two villages in Heping county, Guangdong province, in which shotguns were used.

The fight, which occurred last Thursday, involved about 100 people, and 19 were injured.

It was triggered by the beating of a 16-year-old junior high school student of Changsha village by some villagers of Matang at an Internet caf last Tuesday, Tian Dongping, a spokesman of Heping county, told China Daily.