Recently, it was reported online that a 4-year-old boy in Yangming Town, Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province was burned with alcohol by three older children, and finally died of ineffective rescue. The local response said that the online information was false, which was currently being handled by the public security organ and was initially identified as an accident.
On the morning of April 23, a staff member of the Publicity Department of the CPC Heping County Committee told Pengpai News that they had paid attention to the content spread on the Internet, "the picture content is false, and the online information is not true".
The staff member said that the public security organ was dealing with the matter and the police initially identified it as an accident. However, the specific investigation results have not yet been released, and other information is not available.
According to the online information, at more than 5 p.m. on April 13, a 4-year-old boy named Yu was surrounded by three older children and robbed of spicy sticks in Dongshan Mingzhu Community, Yangming Town, Heping County, Heyuan City when he was buying spicy sticks. Then, three older children poured alcohol on Yu and ignited the fire. After hearing the cry, Mrs. Yu rushed to rescue her. Yu was sent to Heping County Hospital, Heyuan City Hospital and Guangzhou Hospital one after another, and finally died of invalid rescue.
On the morning of the 23rd, a staff member of Yangming Town Government Office said, "I have never heard of this (the child was burned by pouring alcohol).". He will feed back the above information to relevant leaders.
Original title: Guangdong Heping 4-year-old boy burned to death by three children pouring alcohol? Official: The online information is untrue, initially identified as an accident
