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Six rioters sentenced to death in China's Urumqi region |
Six people have been sentenced
to death for their part in the murderous riots in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjing
Uygur autonomous region, that took the lives of 197 people on July 5. The six
learned they face execution at the Intermediate People's Court of Urumqi. It was
a first-instance trial and there will be an opportunity to appeal the sentences,
reports the China Daily. The penalties were meted out to Abdukerim Abduwayit,
Gheni Yusup, Abdulla Mettohti, Adil Rozi, Nureli Wuxiu'er and Alim Metyusup. A
seventh person was also on trial. The court gave Tayirejan Abulimit life imprisonment
after he admitted murder and robbery. The court acknowledged that he helped police
capture Alim Metyusup. There was a strong special armed police presence outside
the court, with officers spaced at five-meter intervals, when the sentences were
handed down. Fourteen thousand security personnel, according to the official Urumqi
Online, meanwhile, are patrolling the city, around the clock. The defendants went
on trial in three separate courtrooms at 10 am. More than 400 people, including
the suspects' relatives, witnessed the proceedings, which were carried out in
the Uygur language with simultaneous translation into Mandarin. The hearing took
place in No 3 courtroom. |
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