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Death toll in Xinjiang riot rises to 140, still climbing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-06 14:13

Death toll in Xinjiang riot rises to 140, still climbing

Firefighters put out a fire in Dawannanlu Street in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on July 5, 2009. [Xinhua] 

URUMQI: The death toll has risen to 140 following Sunday night's riot in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the regional government said Monday.

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Fifty-seven people were confirmed dead on the scene and all the others died later at hospital, a spokesman of the regional government said at a press conference on Monday.

He said the death toll would still be climbing.

 

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