In China, a teenager was allegedly killed by three peers and buried in a hole. The 13-year-old victim disappeared on March 10 near the megacity of Handan in the south of Hebei province and was later buried in an abandoned greenhouse, Chinese state media reported Tuesday, citing police.
Now one of the most discussed topics
The greenhouse was approximately 100 meters from the house of one of the suspects. According to an official statement, all suspects were arrested a day later. The case was now one of the most discussed topics on China’s state-controlled social media, such as the online platform Weibo. According to initial findings, investigators assumed that the crime was premeditated, a police officer said in an interview with Chinese state television on Monday.
The alleged perpetrators spent two days digging the 56 centimeter deep hole in the greenhouse, he explained. The police officer on television rejected claims on the Internet that adults were involved as false.
“Frightening sight”
Authorities have since completed an autopsy on the victim. A working group consisting of 60 police officers is investigating the case. There was initially no information regarding the reasons why the boy died. The Chinese newspaper “The Paper” distributed a video online in which the lawyer for the victim’s family spoke of a “horrifying sight” of the dead boy. He also reported injuries to the teenager’s face and upper body.
