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| Riots engulf Chinese Uighur city | Riots engulf Chinese Uighur city |
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| Groups of ethnic Han Chinese have marched through the city of Urumqi carrying clubs and machetes, as tension grows between ethnic groups and police. | Groups of ethnic Han Chinese have marched through the city of Urumqi carrying clubs and machetes, as tension grows between ethnic groups and police. |
| Security forces fired tear gas to disperse the Chinese, who said they were protesting against violence carried out by ethnic Muslim Uighurs. | Security forces fired tear gas to disperse the Chinese, who said they were protesting against violence carried out by ethnic Muslim Uighurs. |
| Earlier, Uighur women had rallied against the arrest of more than 1,400 people over deadly clashes on Sunday. | Earlier, Uighur women had rallied against the arrest of more than 1,400 people over deadly clashes on Sunday. |
| The two sides blame each other for the outbreak of violence. | The two sides blame each other for the outbreak of violence. |
| Officials say 156 people - mostly ethnic Han Chinese - died in Sunday's violence that erupted when Uighur protesters attacked vehicles before turning on local Han Chinese and battling security forces in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang province. | Officials say 156 people - mostly ethnic Han Chinese - died in Sunday's violence that erupted when Uighur protesters attacked vehicles before turning on local Han Chinese and battling security forces in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang province. |
| Uighur groups say many more have died, claiming 90% of the dead were Uighurs. | Uighur groups say many more have died, claiming 90% of the dead were Uighurs. |
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| Quentin Sommerville describes 'extraordinary scenes' at Uighur protest | Quentin Sommerville describes 'extraordinary scenes' at Uighur protest |
| The unrest was apparently sparked by a brawl between Uighurs and Han Chinese several weeks earlier in a toy factory thousands of miles away in Guangdong province. | |
| UIGHURS AND XINJIANG Xinjiang population is 45% Uighur, 40% Han ChineseUighurs are ethnically Turkic MuslimsChina re-established control in 1949 after crushing short-lived state of East TurkestanSince then, large-scale immigration of Han ChineseSporadic violence since 1991Attack on 4 Aug 2008 near Kashgar kills 16 Chinese policemen In pictures: Xinjiang protests Q&A: China and the Uighurs China tells its own story Accounts of Xinjiang violence | UIGHURS AND XINJIANG Xinjiang population is 45% Uighur, 40% Han ChineseUighurs are ethnically Turkic MuslimsChina re-established control in 1949 after crushing short-lived state of East TurkestanSince then, large-scale immigration of Han ChineseSporadic violence since 1991Attack on 4 Aug 2008 near Kashgar kills 16 Chinese policemen In pictures: Xinjiang protests Q&A: China and the Uighurs China tells its own story Accounts of Xinjiang violence |
| On Tuesday about 200 Uighurs - mostly women - faced off against riot police to appeal for more than 1,400 people arrested over Sunday's violence to be freed. | On Tuesday about 200 Uighurs - mostly women - faced off against riot police to appeal for more than 1,400 people arrested over Sunday's violence to be freed. |
| Later hundreds of Han Chinese marched through the streets of Urumqi smashing shops and stalls belonging to Uighurs. | Later hundreds of Han Chinese marched through the streets of Urumqi smashing shops and stalls belonging to Uighurs. |
| Police used loudspeakers to urge the crowd to stop and later fired tear gas, as the Han Chinese confronted groups of Uighurs. | Police used loudspeakers to urge the crowd to stop and later fired tear gas, as the Han Chinese confronted groups of Uighurs. |
| Reuters news agency reported that some Chinese protesters shouted "attack Uighurs" as both sides threw stones at each other. | Reuters news agency reported that some Chinese protesters shouted "attack Uighurs" as both sides threw stones at each other. |
| One Chinese protester, clutching a metal bar, told the AFP news agency: "The Uighurs came to our area to smash things, now we are going to their area to beat them." | One Chinese protester, clutching a metal bar, told the AFP news agency: "The Uighurs came to our area to smash things, now we are going to their area to beat them." |
| The authorities have tried to crack down on dissent since Sunday's protests, carrying out mass arrests and restricting media access. | The authorities have tried to crack down on dissent since Sunday's protests, carrying out mass arrests and restricting media access. |
| State-run news agency Xinhua quoted Urumqi's Communist Party chief as describing Sunday's unrest as the "deadliest riot since New China was founded in 1949". | State-run news agency Xinhua quoted Urumqi's Communist Party chief as describing Sunday's unrest as the "deadliest riot since New China was founded in 1949". |
| Li Zhi promised to punish the perpetrators, saying: "The rioters violated laws and harmed the fundamental interests of all Chinese ethnic groups." | Li Zhi promised to punish the perpetrators, saying: "The rioters violated laws and harmed the fundamental interests of all Chinese ethnic groups." |
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