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China Seals Off Village After Protest Violence (Reuters, 1/16/06)

China has sealed off a village in southern Guangdong province after days of protests over land grabs ended at the weekend in clashes with police that killed a teenage girl, two residents said on Monday.

Last week's protest came a month after police sent to quell a similar demonstration in another part of Guangdong opened fire, killing at least three people and as many as 20.

``They've blocked all the roads leading to the village and they searched our bodies and motorcycles,'' a man surnamed Yang at Panlong village in Sanjiao township told Reuters by phone.

``We are not allowed to leave after dusk.''

Residents said police used electric batons, or cattle prods, when they tried to disperse a crowd of several hundred protesting against low compensation for their confiscated land.

``They turned off all the street lights and car lights before beating whoever they caught,'' a villager surnamed Xu said by phone. ``That includes the girl -- she was just 13 and she died.''