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China sentences six more to die for Xinjiang unrest
2009-10-14
BEIJING (AFP) - A court in western China's Xinjiang region on Thursday sentenced six more people to death over deadly ethnic unrest in July, the state Xinhua news agency reported, bringing the total to 12. Three other people were handed life sentences by the court in the regional capital Urumqi for their role in the July 5 unrest that rocked the city, pitting mainly Muslim Uighurs against members of China's dominant Han group. On Monday, six defendants were given the death penalty over the unrest, which left nearly 200 people dead, according to the government.
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