A picture of the ambush

protest - The Zhanjiang clash

ESWN collects the available sources describing the violent clash on 3 February between two villages in Guangdong, Daimeichen and Xiaomeichen. The scene look very much like the classic Chinese warfare tricks.
Bombs were thrown, shots were fired in the fight close to the city of Zhanjiang over a longstanding dispute concerning farmland. Twenty four people ended up in hospital, mostly women. The government official present fled the scene.

During the battle, the Wuchun county party secretary Gao Yongyuan was at the scene, but the villagers completely ignored him and went on with the battle. The party secretary required police escort to get away from the scene. There were more than 20 police officers at the scene but they were numerically overpowered. The Huangpo town police station director was wounded in the head, and another police officer was injured in the leg.