[2] Migrants generally do not receive local services like healthcare and education, because their household registration, or hukou, shows them as living in their original village.

[3] The riot reportedly began after police arrested and allegedly abused a teenager from Chongqing who was accused of beating up a local schoolboy.

[1][3][4] The South China Morning Post reported online allegations that the teenager had frequently extorted students for cash, threatening them with violence if they refused.

[5] A crowd of migrants gathered, and then at some point began to rampage, destroying police cars, looting shops, and attacking local people.

[5] Despite vehement denials by Chinese officials, locals reported that many were wounded in the riot and that several had been killed when security forces intervened.