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A man walks through an alley between residential houses in Hebei province, China in December 2017. Picture taken December 7, 2017. A group of men assaulted and robbed two television journalists while they were reporting on allegations of industrial pollution in the province in late January 2018. (Reuters/Thomas Peter)

Reporters beaten, robbed while investigating allegations of pollution

February 8, 2018 2:32 PM EST

A group of men on January 25, 2018, assaulted and robbed two television journalists while they were reporting on allegations of industrial pollution in Hebei province’s Quzhou county, approximately 260 miles southwest of Beijing, according to news reports.