Mobs of Han Chinese wielding meat cleavers and clubs and groups of
Muslim Uighur men beat people in the streets of the capital of China's
Xinjiang region Tuesday. The government imposed a curfew as it tried to
stem communal violence after a riot that killed at least 156 people.
Members
of the Muslim Uighur ethnic group attacked people near the Urumqi's
railway station, and women in headscarves protested the arrests of
husbands and sons in another part of the city. Meanwhile, for much of
the afternoon, a mob of 1,000 mostly young Han Chinese holding clubs
and chanting "Defend the Country" tore through streets trying to get to
a Uighur neighborhood until they were repulsed by police firing tear
gas.
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