Crackdown nabs 94 riot suspects

URUMQI: The police's "strike hard" campaign in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has so far led to the arrests of 94 people in connection with the bloody July 5 riots.

The arrests were made last month and were among 382 detained by the region's police within the scope of the dragnet, which began in November and will last until the end of the year, said the regional public security department on Tuesday.

The campaign cracks down on all crimes but its focus is to capture suspects connected with the riots on July 5 in the regional capital of Urumqi. Nearly 1,700 were injured and 197, mostly Han Chinese, died in the violent riots.