Violent protests have erupted in Pucheng in the Shaanxi province of China following the death of a teenager in an accident at his school dormitory, with demonstrators seen hurling objects at police and officers beating others.

The death of a 17-year-old boy has led to large-scale violent protests in the Pucheng region of China’s Shaanxi province. Videos on social media showed angry residents gathering outside the school and clashing with police.

In the videos shared on social media, protesters can be seen hurling objects at police and officers beating some demonstrators in Pucheng in Shaanxi province. Authorities said the teenager fell to his death on 2 January in an accident at his school dormitory.

The death of a 17-year-old student in north-west China has sparked mass protests over alleged government and police mishandling of the case. Dang Changxin, from Pucheng in Chinas

In a rare protest outside a vocational school in China's northwestern Shaanxi province, a group of people clashed with police where a student died earlier in the month, according to videos on social media,