False rape posting led to brawl
By Liang Qiwen | China Daily | Updated: 2009-06-30 07:52
GUANGZHOU: A false rumor about a rape sparked the brawl that killed two people and left more than 100 injured at a toy factory in Shaoguan, Guangdong province, police announced yesterday.
A disgruntled former factory worker has been detained by police after he allegedly wrote on a website two weeks ago that "six Xinjiang boys had raped two innocent girls at the Xuri Toy Factory", a Shaoguan publicity official surnamed Xiao said.
The rumor was first posted on www.sg169.com, a major website in Shaoguan, and then republished on many other websites, triggering Friday's brawl.
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