After healing bodies, minds next

URUMQI: Alim Memet has seen the impact of the recent riots in Xinjiang's capital from up close, having sown up victims' head and chest wounds at the city's People's Hospital.

Now, the 27-year-old surgeon would love to find a way to go beyond the treatment of physical injuries to help heal people's minds, by removing the cancerous concept of "answering violence with violence".

He said he was shocked to learn that the Uygur rioters had left a trail of dead bodies and injured people behind them, some of whom were attacked just outside the hospital.