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3 sentenced in China over syringe stabbingsSeptember 12, 2009 -- Updated 0644 GMT (1444 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/china.needle.stabbings/index.html#cnnSTCText
(CNN) -- Three people were sentenced Saturday to up to 15years in prison over a series of syringe stabbings that triggeredunrest in China's western city of Urumqi, the state-run Xinhua newsagency reported.
Court hearings began in the morning.
Thesyringe attacks began August 17, a month after long-simmeringresentment between minority Uyghurs and majority Han Chinese eruptedinto riots and left more than 200 people dead.
Uyghurs areaccused of using hypodermic needles to stab hundreds of people fromseveral ethnic groups, including Han Chinese. Many of the victims hadto be hospitalized, authorities said.
Police had promised harsh punishment for whoever was convicted inthe stabbings: life imprisonment or the death penalty, governmentofficials said.
The Han Chinese are thecountry's dominant ethnic group. The Uyghurs are a Turkic-speakingMuslim minority who consider Xinjiang their homeland. |
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