Angry tea farmers attack police station

YINGDE, Guangdong: A long-simmering grievance boiled over into violence when tea growers attacked a police station in this southern city.

According to a government bulletin, the tea growers descended on the Kengkouzui police station of the city's Yinghong township over the weekend after hearing rumors one of the organizers fighting for their concerns had been killed.

They attacked the station with stones, bricks and hoes, and set police vehicles on fire.