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Boy, 6, attacked; police targeted with hot tea; head of family at 8

A six-year-old boy was attacked in the street in Mengcheng county near Bozhou , the Anhui Business Times reports.

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A six-year-old boy was attacked in the street in Mengcheng county near Bozhou , the Anhui Business Times reports. His father was closing his store and discovered that his son who had been playing outside had gone missing. He called relatives to help search for the boy but found no trace. The father remembered seeing a strange man coming out of woods nearby and he went to search there. They found the boy lying on the ground with head injuries. He is receiving treatment in hospital.

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A boy from Tongling has promised not to run away again after he disappeared from high school for three days, the news website Cnr.cn reports. His family filed a missing person report and police found him in a hostel with his girlfriend.
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