07 July 2009

China arrests 1,434 after deadly Xinjiang riots (AP)

China arrests 1,434 after deadly Xinjiang riots
(AP): "

Chinese paramilitary police stands on duty following riots in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Monday, July 6, 2009. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China's Han majority erupted into riots. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Police have arrested 1,434 suspects in connection with the worst ethnic violence in decades in China's western Xinjiang region, which killed at least 156 people, state media reported Tuesday.


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