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Three people were stung to death after a truck carrying dozens of bee hives overturned in northeast China and three more were killed on the road as they tried to steer clear of the swarm, newspapers said on Thursday.
The bee-hive truck collided with a farm vehicle on Wednesday and overturned near Changchun, the capital of Jilin province, the China Daily said.
Pictures showed thousands of bees swarming around the accident site as workers, wearing protective clothing, cleared the debris.
The East Asia Economy and Trade News said three more people were killed hours later when two trucks collided as they tried to avoid the swarm.
There had been seven deadly accidents on the same section of road in three months, the newspaper said.
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A campaigner for independence in China's heavily Muslim far west said Tuesday that police have arrested 90 people and were torturing some following a series of bombings that left a dozen people dead – allegations a government official immediately denied.
In the second attack in the restive region of Xinjiang in a week, bombers hit 17 sites – including a police station, government building, bank and shops – in the mostly Muslim city of Kuqa early Sunday.
Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the Germany-based, pro-independence World Uighur Congress, said ethnic Muslim Uighurs in Kuqa have called with reports of police torturing detainees. He claimed in an e-mail that more than 90 people have been detained, with others arrested in surrounding areas.
"I oppose the use of violence by both sides," Raxit said. "The international society should immediately get involved and demand that China stop the repression."
