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Comment (Violence has broken out among more than 50,000 people who queued to grab the last batch of Olympic tickets on sale in Beijing, as police struggled to control the frustrated fans.
The mood was tense and strained as angry people - some of whom had been queuing for two days - jostled to maintain or improve their place in the long line.
At one point the surging crowd broke through a control barrier and lurched towards the ticket counters.
In hot and dusty conditions, some groups in the crowd chanted insults at the police who were seen dragging people out of the line and kicking and punching them before leading them away.
"The police didn't have a clue how many people would come here and there was no organisation at all, it was chaos," said Wang Zhongliang, a delivery worker for UPS.
It was the last chance for Chinese to buy tickets for the Games, with 250,000 on sale at several locations in Beijing for events including athletics, diving, and gymnasti...
