AUNT WHO LATER KILLED HERSELF MAY HAVE GOUGED OUT BOY’s EYES IN CHINA

The Independent Wednesday 4th September, 2013.

The attack on the boy has horrified the Chinese public. Heart-wrenching images of the wailing child in hospital, his eyes bandaged and parents distraught, have circulated on the internet as news commentaries condemned the brutality of the attack. "Mama, why is the sky still so dark?" the child has been quoted as saying while recovering in hospital, his parents unable to bring themselves to tell him about his condition. Today, police in the city of Linfen in northern Shanxi province confirmed a Xinhua news agency report that the boy's aunt, Zhang Huiying, had been identified as a suspect.

Investigation continues.