Police in Luyi county, Henan Province, said on Tuesday they had arrested six suspects after a police car was vandalized during a clash between local police and residents, allegedly over a firework ban.
A few people deliberately vandalized an on-duty police car that was parked by the roadside around 11 pm on Monday night, attracting a crowd of onlookers and resulting in chaos at the scene, said a statement released on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo on Tuesday.
Luyi police noted that the case caused very bad influence. They said that they reacted and restored order very quickly and no mortality was caused during the case.
The police said that they had launched investigation into eight individuals involved in the case in suspicion of provoking troubles, and six of them had been arrested.
The statement followed a video that went viral on Chinese social media platforms showing that a young man standing atop a police car excitedly, which was later overturned and surrounded by a crowd of onlookers who recorded the scene with their mobile phones.
The young man seemingly also took down the license plate of the vehicle and swung it in his hands, according to the video clip.
