Building workers clash with residents in Dongguan in row over construction project
Two sides hurl rocks and fire high pressure water hoses at each other during violence in Guangdong province in southern China
About 60 residents clashed with building workers yesterday in Dongguan in southern China in dispute over a construction project.
Photographs posted online show the two sides throwing rocks and firing high pressure hoses at each other.
Residents were angry that a wall by a new residential complex blocks their access to neighbouring areas, China National Radio reported.
They were also protesting because they were promised they could use the facilities in the neighbouring housing complex in Guangdong province, but have been barred from the site, according to a statement from the city government.
Three people were injured in the clashes, the government statement said.
Police were deployed with riot shields to separate the two sides.