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Violence at Beijing Apple store
May-9-2011

An Apple store in Beijing was temporarily closed Saturday evening after one of its foreign staff allegedly attacked four Chinese customers waiting in lines outside with an iron rod.

An Apple store in Beijing was temporarily closed Saturday evening after one of its foreign staff allegedly attacked four Chinese customers waiting in lines outside with an iron rod.
An Apple store in Beijing was temporarily closed Saturday evening after one of its foreign staff allegedly attacked four Chinese customers waiting in lines outside with an iron rod, the Beijing Times reported. 据《京华时报》报道,北京一家苹果店的外籍员工用铁棍打伤四名在店外排队等候的顾客,导致该店周六晚间暂时关闭。
Witnesses said the incident occurred Saturday afternoon at the Apple store in Beijing's Sanlitun area, where a crowd of people were queuing in front of the store to purchase the iPad 2. 目击者称,周六下午,很多人聚集在三里屯苹果店前排队买iPad 2。
The chaos began as some customers kept jumping the queues, later leading to conflicts between customers and the store's guards. 一些顾客总是插队从而引发混乱,导致顾客与该店的保安发生冲突。
The situation became violent when a foreigner wearing an Apple Store staff uniform came out of the store and started beating some customers. 后来,一位身穿苹果店制服的外国男子从店里出来开始殴打顾客,导致事态升级为暴力事件。

Beijing police are looking into the case.

(China.org.cn May 9, 2011)

北京警方正就此事展开调查。