Court Sentences 12 to Die for Xinjiang Mayhem - NYTimes.com:
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"BEIJING — A Chinese court has sentenced 12 people to death for their roles in a clash in Xinjiang this summer that claimed nearly 100 lives, state media reported on Monday. The clash, in the far west region of China, was one of its deadliest episodes of ethnic violence.
According to Xinhua, the official news service, a court in Xinjiang’s Silk Road city of Kashgar found the defendants guilty of “terrorist attacks” during a rampage in July that killed 37 people in nearby Shache County, which is known as Yarkand among the region’s ethnic Uighurs...."
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