Uighur activists claim police opened fire on peaceful demonstration
(NEWSER) - Chinese state media are reporting that 156 people are dead and at least 828 injured and in the western city where clashes broke out between paramilitary police and Uighur demonstrators, Al Jazeera eports. Though the protests in Urumqi, Xinjian province, seemed to have died down, police are said to be patrolling in force and raiding university dorm rooms in search of protest organizers. Internet access and cell phone service in the city have been cut off. More»
