A report in Urumqi’s Morning Post yesterday said a “small number of people became overexcited and lost control of themselves” during Thursday’s demonstrations. It said casualties included police, paramilitary troops and innocent civilians, but gave no breakdown.
The World Uyghur Congress, a German-based exile group, said Han Chinese attacked more than 10 Uighurs during the protests and tried to storm the Nanmen mosque, but were stopped by authorities.
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