Two Chinese 'left behind' children die in suspected murder


  • World
  • Wednesday, 05 Aug 2015

BEIJING (Reuters) - Two children were killed in a suspected homicide, authorities said, the latest incident in the same area of southwest China to befall "left behind" children whose parents seek employment far from home.

In many rural parts of China, children are left in villages to be looked after by grandparents or other relatives while their parents seek work in the booming cities.

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