Mongolia demo as truck kills herder
12 April 2012
Thousands of ethnic Mongolians protested at the death of a herder run over by Chinese truckers.
The marches in Xilinhot city came after the victim was killed trying to block coal lorries driving over fragile grass lands in Inner Mongolia, a Chinese territory bordering Mongolia.
Police detained four protesters, while
two Chinese drivers were held on suspicion of hitting the herder.
