In Yuyao about 4 thousand people took to the streets to urge the government to intervene after the passage of Fitow , which killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes. Residents tear down "Serve the People" logo and attack the town hall . The government sends in riot police.

Hangzhou ( AsiaNews ) - The government of the eastern province of Zhejiang has sent armed troops to stop the demonstrations of the population of Yuyao , where about 4 thousand people gathered outside the town hall to protest against insufficient relief measures to support people affected by the passage typhoon Fitow . The typhoon that hit China on October 8 , devastated thousands of houses and killed dozens of people.

The protesters (see photo) tore down the "Serve the People" logo written in huge characters with the handwriting of Mao Zedong, which is located in front of nearly all government buildings in the country. In the evening, the police surrounded the square where the crowd had gathered and charged on all those the present : the photographs taken on the spot and circulated on the internet showed hundreds of officers in riot gear beating protesters . Some seem to have serious head injuries .

According to local people , the government did not intervene in a timely manner after the passage of the typhoon , which caused damage to 12.4 billion yuan (about 1 billion Euro) . The photographs posted online show corpses floating in the flooded streets Yuyao city . The comments were demanding the government to intervene but , according to a local resident, " the only thing they did was arrest those who protested on the internet. At least 57 my friends have gone to jail".

 

 

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