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A woman gives self-prepared porridge to the public security forces whose intrepid presence spared the riot-plagued city from further unrests, in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Friday July 10, 2009. [Xinhua] |
The death toll from the riot in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, rose to 184 as of 11 p.m. Friday, the information office of the regional government said.
Among the dead, 137 were Han people, including 111 men and 26 women. Forty-six were Uygur people, including 45 men and one woman. A man of Hui nationality also died.
(Xinhua News Agency July 11, 2009)
