Worrying indifference to classroom violence

ON MONDAY, the local government of Ningxian county, Northwest China's Gansu province, issued an updated version of the results of their investigation into the attack on an 8-year-old girl by two boys in her class. The revised report answers the doubts and challenges from the public at the conclusions of the first report. ThePaper.cn comments:

The girl was severely injured when one of the boys took off her pants and picked up a broom and smashed it into the girl's genitals. She was bleeding heavily after going back home and was sent to the hospital by her grandparents who care for her.

The local government set up a special group to investigate the attack, and released a report on their findings. However, there were doubts expressed about the original findings.