Zhejiang typhoon victims attack TV crew, police over 'untruthful' report
Hundreds of Yuyao typhoon victims clashed with riot police and overturned police vehicles
Violence broke out on Friday night in the typhoon-ravaged city of Yuyao, Zhejiang province as angry locals accused a state TV crew of falsely reporting typhoon damages and clashed with riot police.
Pictures shared on social media by witnesses last night showed people blocking a satellite TV van used by the crew, battered police cars lying on their sides after being flipped by residents, and men shouting protests with their faces covered in blood.
Online accounts say residents were infuriated after a journalist said to the camera that, ”The flood in Yuyao is gone, and the people have gone back to their normal lives.” Ninbo TV station denied having said these words in the program.
Locals also claimed that reporter shouted abusive words at them after they suggested that the crew check out families who were stranded in the flood without any electricity, food or water. Ningbo TV Station again denied having verbally attacked residents, and said the “journalist” who appeared in photos widely circulated online was a resident who had forced her way onto the van.
