Chinese couple injured in parents’ confrontation after attacking daughter’s schoolmates

A man in northwestern China broke his ribs in a scuffle with the parents of his daughter’s roommate on Wednesday.

The man, surnamed Guo, and his wife had allegedly attacked four of their daughter’s roommates in a vocational college in the city of Shangluo, Shaanxi province, the day before, Huashang Daily reported.

The couple allegedly hit, slapped and kicked the students, according to the report.

One of the roommates, surnamed Cui, complained about the incident to her parents, who turned up at the college the next day to confront the Guo family.

During the confrontation that turned violent, the Guo couple were injured, and the father was later diagnosed to have broken some of his ribs.