篮球比赛因致命攻击而结束CHANGCHUN - An 18-year-old student died after having one of his hands cut off in a disputewith another teenager over a basketball game in Northeast China's Jilin province.
Wu Tianhao, who was a senior student at Jilin Provincial Experimental School, went to a localbasketball playground with his friends on Saturday afternoon. About an hour later, severalstudents from other schools joined them, including 17-year-old Hao Zhipeng.
The two young men verbally abused each other and soon after began punching each other.
"Hao's eye was injured during the fight, as a result of normal body collisions," said a localpublicity official who requested anonymity.
According to Changchun public security bureau, Hao called his parents for help after the fight,and more than 10 people were summoned to the playground soon after Hao's parents rushedto the scene.
"All the people summoned by Hao's parents were in their 20s," said a classmate of Wu'ssurnamed Wang, who said he witnessed the whole tragedy. "They were all carrying machetesthat were about 30 centimeters long."
Wang added that other boys ran away when they heard that Hao's parents were coming, butWu, who believed that they were coming to solve the dispute, left it too late to get away.
When Wu arrived at hospital around 7 pm, his left hand was only connected to his arm by alittle skin, and his right hand was also severely injured. He also had at least 10 wounds on hishead.
At 6 am the next day, surgery to repair Wu's hands finished. Half an hour later he suddenlybegan having difficulty breathing, and at about 10 am he was declared dead.
"It haunts me that Du Xiajuan, Hao's mother, showed off her wealth in the hospital and told us toask for 'as much money' as we wanted," Kang Kai, one of Wu's relatives, said on her microblog.
She also said that she felt extremely angry after learning that while Wu was being beaten,Hao's father, who allegedly runs a coal mine, said to the dying boy that "my family is very richand I can beat you to death".
Police said on Wednesday evening that more than 200 officers are pursuing the suspects.
Seventeen people have been detained, police said.
