These Photos of Shirtless Thugs With Clubs And Machetes At Apple's Chinese iPhone Factory Are Terrifying
A fight involving more than 200 workers broke out on Sept. 19 at one of the Chinese campuses of Foxconn, the
The photos, which show an armed mob clashing in the open, are terrifying. But they have nothing to do with working conditions at
The dispute reportedly broke out between workers of two different provinces after they gathered to drink and celebrate China's Mid-Autumn Festival, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The violence was quelled by police, but a second, related fight erupted several days later on Sept. 21. Foxconn reported only 11 injuries total, although other estimates suggest that at least 27 people were wounded.
This large fight is just the latest drama to surface since the controversial company came into the public view in 2009 after a series of factory suicides, including last summer's 2,000-person riots sparked in Taiyuan after a factory guard reportedly hit a worker.
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