New round of unrest in Xinjiang China
A new round of unrest broke out in China’s restive Xinjiang on Sept 3, today, as protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against a series of reported syringe attacks in the regional capital Urumqi, media dispatches said quoting eye witnesses.
Police have detained 15 people for the stabbing attacks that have increased ethnic tensions in Urumqi, which was torn by riots in July.
Rumours of AIDS patients attacking pedestrians with hypodermic needles have previously swept China, but were later shown to be unfounded. State media did not say how many people had been stabbed in the reported attacks.
‘Han Chinese are complaining about the worsening social order’, said one hotel worker in the city, while another witness said the demonstrators were calling for Xinjiang’s Communist Party chief, Wang Lequan, to step down.
Police have detained 15 people for the stabbing attacks that have increased ethnic tensions in Urumqi, which was torn by riots in July.
Rumours of AIDS patients attacking pedestrians with hypodermic needles have previously swept China, but were later shown to be unfounded. State media did not say how many people had been stabbed in the reported attacks.
‘Han Chinese are complaining about the worsening social order’, said one hotel worker in the city, while another witness said the demonstrators were calling for Xinjiang’s Communist Party chief, Wang Lequan, to step down.
Nobody had been infected with anything or poisoned by the stabbings in Urumqi, the China Daily said on its website.
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