Chinese Authorities Confirm Police Fired at Uyghur Protesters
RFA, 30 June 2013
Local authorities in China’s Xinjiang region confirmed at the weekend that police fired at hundreds of minority ethnic Muslim Uyghurs protesting the arrest of a young religious leader and closure of a mosque, acknowledging that up to 15 people may have been killed and 50 others injured in the latest violence to hit the volatile region.
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