Summary State media said the boy was recovering in a hospital.
BEIJING (AP) A woman tricked a 6-year-old boy into going into a field in northern China, and then gouged out his eyes, police said Wednesday.
The boy s brutal ordeal happened Saturday in a rural area of Linfen city in Shanxi province, the city s police bureau said in a statement. State media said the boy was recovering in a hospital.
A police officer who only gave his surname, Liu, said he couldn t speculate on a motive because the investigation was continuing.
"We are sparing no efforts trying to solve this case," Liu added.
Liu said the boy s eyeballs were found at the scene, and that the corneas hadn t been removed.
State media previously had raised the possibility that the boy s corneas were taken for sale because of a donor shortage in China.
