BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific: "Chinese authorities have confirmed several protesters were shot dead in a confrontation with police at a village in the south earlier this week.
Six people died as result of the shooting in Guangdong province on Tuesday, the Xinhua news agency says.
Officials accused armed "instigators" of using anger about a local power station to incite the crowd.
Protests against corruption, pollution and land seizures have become increasingly common in rural China.
Officials quoted by Xinhua said more than 170 people took part in Tuesday's protest in the village of Dongzhou. "
Saturday, December 10, 2005
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