Boy's arm reattached after attack linked to family debt dispute

Police at the scene of the incident on Wednesday. The boy was reported to be conscious after a nine-hour operation. Photo: Handout

BEIJING: A seven-year-old boy from southern China has had his right arm reattached after it was severed in an attack linked to a family debt dispute, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.

A man sprayed a chemical substance into the eyes of the boy's mother as she accompanied him to school on Wednesday morning, then pushed the boy to the ground and cut his arm off.