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Posts published in “Day: July 6, 2009

Three Chinese killed in Xinjiang rioting: July 6

BEIJING – Three civilians were killed in rioting that struck the regional capital of China’s far west Xinjiang region on Sunday. The dead were “three ordinary people of the Han ethnic group,” killed in rioting in Urumqi that witnesses and other sources have said involved members of the Uighur ethnic minority. More than 20 others were injured in the incident and many motor vehicles were burned.