Violent protests have erupted in China after the death of a teenage boy sparked accusations of a cover-up by authorities, videos from the northwestern region of Shaanxi have shown.

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,

The death of a teenage boy who fell from his school dormitory building has sparked violent protests in a city in northwest China.