Violent protests at Foxconn’s largest iPhone factory in China

Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn’s vast iPhone factory in central China, as workers clashed with security personnel over pay and living conditions at the plant.

In videos shared on Weibo and Twitter that AFP has verified, hundreds of workers can be seen marching on a road in daylight. Some were confronted by riot police and people in hazmat suits.

Foxconn confirmed the unrest later on Wednesday.

A night-time video showed a man with a bloodied face as someone off-camera says: “They’re hitting people, hitting people. Do they have a conscience?”