And finally… Chinese government building attacked with excavator
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A man in China has driven an excavator into a government building in Shaanxi, demolishing entrances and damaging a number of buildings amid an alleged dispute over villagers’ compensation being unpaid.
The attempt to destroy the government affairs centre was captured on video on 9 November, Al Jazeera reports.
The BBC reported that police in China’s Shaanxi province had said they detained a 47-year-old man for damaging the government building with “construction machinery” on the afternoon of 9 November.
On social media, videos circulating show an excavator tearing down the facade of the building.
Local media reported that staff inside the building had been urgently evacuated, according to local media.
The BBC reported that, according to the police, no one was injured and that the police did not provide a motive for the act.
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