Boys 9, 13 kills 8 year old classmate in China because they were bored

A gang of 11 boys beat to death their eight-year-old classmate because they were bored, Chinese police said today.

The boys, aged between nine and 13, allegedly attacked Zhang Tai in the street just near the city of Zhangjiakou in north-west China's Hebei province.

They reportedly beat him up, before leaving his battered and bruised body lying beside the road.

Police said the gang had confessed to killing their classmate after deciding they were bored and looking for something interesting to do.