Across China: Shaanxi

Probe into custody death

Two police officers are being investigated over the custodial death of a senior high school student in northwest China's Shaanxi province, local authorities have said.

Xu Gengrong, a 19-year-old student at the Danfeng High School in Danfeng county, Shangluo city, who police say had murdered a female high school student, died on the morning of March 8 after being interrogated at the Danfeng county public security bureau, according to a statement issued by the county government.