【转贴公社】 China state media says 129 killed in riots in west

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

The official Xinhua News Agency did not immediately give any other
details Monday on the number of deaths. It earlier reported that four
people had been killed in violence after nearly 1,000 protesters from
a Muslim ethnic group rioted Sunday in the region's capital Urumqi,
overturning barricades, attacking bystanders and clashing with police.

The protesters were demanding an investigation into a fight between
Uighurs and Han Chinese workers at a southern China factory last month
that state media said left two people dead.

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