140 Killed in China Riots

By: Associated Press | WSAV-TV
Published: July 06, 2009

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Chinese state media says that 140 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, but said the death
toll "was still climbing." It earlier reported that four people
had been killed in violence after 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.