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Teenagers detained for beating woman to death

FOUR teenage boys in southwestern China's Yunnan Province have been detained for intentional injury after killing a mentally ill woman by beating her for nearly two hours.

They told police that they didn't know the woman and just beat her for fun, today's Chuncheng Evening News reported.

Qian Jinfen, 20, was found seriously injured in the early morning of April 21 on a street in Qujing City's Luliang County, her father told the newspaper.

Her father said Qian developed a mental disorder after she was beaten by a mad woman abut 10 years ago, and sometimes went out at night when she was sick.

Her family took her home but she died shortly after. They reported the matter to the local police.

Police investigation showed she was beaten by four middle school students from the same class, aged 15 to 16.

They sneaked out of their dormitory that morning to buy food and go to a local Net cafe, but all the cafes were shut for the national day of mourning for the April 14 Yushu earthquake that had killed more than 2,200 people.

The disappointed boys were wandering around town when they saw Qian, and decided to beat her with sticks and stones.

They didn't stop for nearly two hours.

The boys were poor academically, according to their teacher Yang Maokun.



 

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