Six rioters given death sentences in Urumqi
By Cui Jia in Urumqi and Hu Yinan in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-13 07:58
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A police officer patrols outside the Intermediate People's Court of Urumqi in the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region yesterday as the court handed down death sentences to six people convicted of murder in the July 5 riots. CNS |
Six people have been sentenced to death for their part in the murderous riots in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjing Uygur autonomous region, that took the lives of 197 people on July 5.
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