Death toll in China riots rises to 156

URUMQI - The death toll in the ethnic clashes between minority Uyghurs and members of Han community in northwestern China’s Xinjiang province has risen to 156, authorities said early Tuesday.

Police restore order in western China after worst ethnic rioting in decades kills 156

URUMQI, China — Chanting “Strike down the criminals,” hundreds of paramilitary police with shields, rifles and clubs took control of the streets Monday in the capital of western China’s Muslim region, a day after the deadliest ethnic violence in decades.

Xinjiang riots carry disturbing echoes of last year’s Tibet unrest, heavy-handed Chinese rule

BEIJING — The bloody riots in China’s Muslim far west are a disturbing reminder of anti-Chinese violence in another troubled region — Tibet — and show how heavy-handed rule and radical resistance are pushing unrest to new heights.

Witnesses say ethnic protest spreads to second city in China’s Xinjiang region

BEIJING — Witnesses say an ethnic protest has spread to a second city in China’s western Xinjiang province after riots rocked the region’s capital, killing at least 140 and injuring more than 800.

China official says 140 people killed, 828 hurt amid riots in restive far west

URUMQI, China — Violent street battles killed at least 140 people and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit China’s volatile western Xinjiang region in decades, and officials said Monday the death toll was expected to rise.

Four killed, 20 injured in W. China ethnic riots

BEIJING - At least four persons, including three civilians and a policeman, were killed, and 20 were injured in clashes on Sunday in a regional capital in western China after days of rising tensions between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese.

140 dead in China’s ethnic clashes

URUMQI - The toll in the ethnic clashes in Urumqi, capital of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has risen to 140, authorities said Monday.

State media says 140 people killed and more than 800 hurt in riots in China’s Xinjiang

URUMQI, China — Violence in the capital of China’s volatile Xinjiang region killed 140 people and injured 828, an official said Monday, following rioting by members of a Muslim ethnic group and a police crackdown on their demonstrations.

State media says 129 people killed and 816 hurt in riots in China’s Xinjiang

BEIJING — Chinese state media says that 129 people have been killed and more than 800 hurt in violence in the country’s western Xinjiang region.

Four killed in China ethnic clashes

URUMQI - At least four people, including a police official, were killed and dozens injured in clashes between Uyghurs and members of China’s Han majority in northwestern Xinjiang province, authorities said Monday.

Protest by Muslims in China’s far west turns violent

BEIJING — Nearly 1,000 protesters from a Muslim ethnic group rioted in China’s far west, overturning barricades, attacking bystanders and clashing with police in violence that killed at least four people, including a policeman, state media and witnesses said.

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