Snappy newsletters. Simple Facebook sharing. Spirited comments. Sweet features are waiting… GET THEM NOW!

As Riots Quiet, China Vows to Execute Killers

Anyone found guilty of murder will be executed, says party head

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 8, 2009 12:55 PM CDT
Email

(Newser) – After thousands of troops were deployed to quell ethnic unrest in the Chinese city of Urumqi, “the situation is under control,” said officials—who vowed to execute anyone behind the riot's 156 deaths. Most of those charged with murder so far have been students, said the city’s Communist Party head, noting that “everyone, and particularly the Han people, should show restraint,” the BBC reports.

“It feels like martial law in everything but name” in the city, said a BBC correspondent, who observed “hundreds of paramilitary police” trying to separate the mainly Muslim Uighur part of town from the Han Chinese. Despite reported calm in Urumqi, violent incidents continued today, reports Reuters, including a clash of some 1,000 Han Chinese with security forces amid anger over the arrests of Han men. Han Chinese also reportedly beat a Uighur man.

Chinese paramilitary police patrol in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.
Chinese paramilitary police patrol in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Uighur protesters hold placards denouncing the violence in China's Xinjiang province that has left at least 156 people dead, during a gathering at the Trocadero, Paris, today.
Uighur protesters hold placards denouncing the violence in China's Xinjiang province that has left at least 156 people dead, during a gathering at the Trocadero, Paris, today.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
A Han Chinese victim of ethnic violence, recuperates at People's Hospital in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.
A Han Chinese victim of ethnic violence, recuperates at People's Hospital in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Chinese paramilitary police patrol in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.
Chinese paramilitary police patrol in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.   (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
To report an error on this story, notify our editors.
A snapshot of the day's best news stories.
 
COMMENTS
Be the first to comment on this story.

 
China • police • riots • ethnic conflict • Xinjiang • Uighurs • civil unrest • paramilitary • Urumqi

More Newser Stories

China Sees Muslim Extremists in Xinjiang Unrest

China Executes 9 Over Uighur Riots

Dozens 'Disappeared' After China Riots

Chinese Court Sentences 6 to Death for Ethnic Riots

9 Busted in China Syringe Attacks
NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS
Other Sites We Like:   24/7 Wall St.   |   Betty Confidential   |   BuzzFeed   |   Cracked   |   Fark   |   Timelines   |   The Frisky   |   Geek Sugar   |   NewsOne