140 killed, 828 injured in NW China violence

• Source: Global Times
• [13:22 July 06 2009]
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Photo taken on July 5, 2009 shows a shop which is smashed in Tianchi Street in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The violence in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has led to the death of "a number of civilians and one armed police officer" on Sunday, sources with the regional government said early Monday.(Xinhua/Liu Bing)

The violence in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has left 140 people dead and injured 828 others, the regional public security department said Monday.

Police have arrested several hundred participants, including more than ten key figures who fanned the unrest on Sunday, are still searching for about 90 other key figures in the city, the Xinjiang Public Security Department said.

Fifty-seven people were confirmed dead on the scene and all the others died later at hospital, a spokesman of the regional government said at a press conference on Monday. The death toll would still be climbing, he added.

An injured man is carried to an urgent care center in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on July 5, 2009.(Xinhua/Shen Qiao)

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