Mob attacks police station

Three policemen were injured when a mob attacked a rural police station in Anhui province on Sunday, an officer said yesterday.

A man surnamed Song allegedly directed 30 relatives to block the gate of Baiqiao police station in He county, Chaohu city, after his teenage son was summoned to assist police investigating a brawl.

"They wanted to pressure us and force us to release the boy at once," a policemen, who wished to remain anonymous, told China Daily yesterday.