8 killed in China worker-villager clash  

云南晋宁村民与企业施工人员冲突 已造成8死18伤

昆明市政府新闻办15日通报，昆明市晋宁县“晋城泛亚工业品商贸物流中心”在建项目当日施工过程中，企业施工人员与当地富有村部分村民发生冲突。经调查，事件共造成8人死亡，18人受伤。 [查看全文]

Eight people were confirmed dead in a clash between construction workers and villagers in southwest China's Yunnan province on Tuesday, local authorities said Wednesday.

The violence broke out between construction workers with a logistics center and residents of Fuyou village in Jinning county in the provincial capital Kunming, the Jinning county government said in a press briefing.

Among the dead, six were construction workers and two were local villagers, it said.

Meanwhile, 18 people were injured in the conflict and among them, 10 people, including one in critical condition, remained hospitalized.

Local police are investigating the cause of the clash and have vowed harsh punishment for criminal suspects.