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Teens beat doctor after friend's daughter dies

Three teenagers in Huaihua city, Hunan province, were recently sentenced to jail terms for beating up a doctor in a revenge attack.

The three boys are all under 18 years of age. On June 2, 2010, after learning that the daughter of a friend, surnamed Li, had died during an emergency procedure, they rushed to the hospital, broke into the paediatrics office, and beat and kicked the doctor on duty.