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China charges 20 suspects involved in Xinjiang riot
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-10 00:27 Twenty people were prosecuted Monday on charges of murder, arson, robbery, intentional injury and explosion related to the deadly riot on July 5 in the northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The procuratorate said it has filed public prosecutions to the Intermediate People's Court of Urumqi against the suspects, emphasizing their litigation rights were guaranteed. The July 5 riot left 197 people dead and more than 1,600 injured. |