Anger as Hong Kong primary school shows pupils film of Nanking Massacre

China on Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the massacre that left hundreds of civilians and disarmed soldiers dead

Students wearing face masks hold flowers mourn for the victims of the Nakjing Massacre at a mass burial site during the annual commemoration of the 1937 Nanking Massacre in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Picture: Chinatopix Via AP

Hong Kong officials have distanced themselves from the screening of a video of the Nanking Massacre in a primary school that left some children in tears, saying schools are not required to screen such graphic footage.

The clip from a documentary of the 1937 atrocity showed Japanese soldiers killing civilians in the former Chinese capital.