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Chinese boy has eyes gouged out in brutal attack Chinese police hunt woman who gouged out boy's eyes
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A woman lured a six-year-old boy into a field in northern China and then gouged out his eyes, police have said. Police in northern China have launched a massive search for a woman accused of gouging out the eyes of a six-year-old boy.
The brutal assault took place in a rural area of Linfen city in Shanxi province on Saturday, the city's police bureau said. State media said the boy was recovering in a hospital. Authorities in the city of Linfen in Shanxi province have offered a 100,000 yuan (£11,000) reward for the woman's capture. The boy said only that the woman spoke with an accent from outside the area.
Liu, a police officer who gave only his surname, said he could not speculate on a motive because the investigation was continuing. The Beijing Times quoted the parents of the boy as saying their son was walking along a path when he was grabbed by a woman, who then used an unspecified tool to gouge out his eyes.
State media said the boy was recovering in a hospital, but had lost his sight permanently following the brutal ordeal on Saturday.
A news report on a provincial TV channel showed the boy writhing in pain on a hospital trolley with bandages around his head, his parents, both farmers, crying.
A police officer, who gave only his surname, Liu, said he could not speculate on a motive because the investigation was continuing.
"We are sparing no efforts trying to solve this case," he said."We are sparing no efforts trying to solve this case," he said.
Liu said the boy's eyeballs were found at the scene and that the corneas had not been removed. State media previously had raised the possibility that the boy's corneas were taken for sale because of a donor shortage in China. However, Liu said the boy's eyeballs were found at the scene and the corneas had not been removed.
State media had previously raised the possibility that the boy's corneas had been taken for sale because of a donor shortage in China.
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