Muslim Uighur and Han Chinese mobs spread ethnic strife in restive western China

URUMQI, China — Sobbing Muslim women scuffled with riot police, and Chinese men wielding steel pipes and meat cleavers rampaged through the streets as ethnic tensions worsened in China’s oil-rich Xinjiang territory, prompting the president to cut short a summit trip abroad Wednesday.

Armed Muslim Uighur and Han Chinese mobs spread ethnic strife in China’s restive west

URUMQI, China — The government imposed a curfew Tuesday night in this regional capital of western China after mobs of Han Chinese with meat cleavers and clubs roamed the streets looking for Muslim Uighurs who had earlier beaten up people in the country’s worst ethnic violence in decades.

Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese mobs roam streets as China’s restive west descends into chaos

URUMQI, China — Scattered mobs of Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese roamed the streets and beat passers-by Tuesday as the capital of China’s Xinjiang region degenerated into communal violence, prompting the government to impose a curfew in the aftermath of a riot that killed at least 156 people.

Hundreds of armed Chinese and Muslims hold protests in west; government declares curfew

URUMQI, China — Scattered groups of Muslims Uighurs and Han Chinese held protests and beat passers-by Tuesday as the capital of China’s Xinjiang region degenerated into on communal violence, causing the government to declare a curfew in the aftermath of a riot that killed at least 156 people.

State media: Curfew declared in restive region in western China after violence

URUMQI, China — Chinese state media say that the government in the restive western region of Xinjiang has declared a curfew following the violence of recent days that has killed at least 156 people and paralyzed the main city of Urumqi.

Hundreds of Han Chinese armed with clubs march through Xinjiang capital

URUMQI, China — Police fired tear gas Tuesday to try to restore order as hundreds of Han Chinese armed with clubs marched through the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi, smashing shops and knocking over food stalls run by Muslims.

Fresh protest breaks out in Xinjiang as demonstrators confront Chinese security forces

URUMQI, China — Women in flowered headscarves scuffled with armed police Tuesday in a fresh protest in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, where at least 156 people have been killed and more than 1,400 arrested in the area’s worst ethnic violence in decades.

State media says police arrest 1,434 suspects in connection with Xinjiang riots

URUMQI, China — Police have arrested 1,434 suspects in connection with the worst ethnic violence in decades in China’s western Xinjiang region, which killed at least 156 people, state media reported Tuesday.

Police restore order in western China after worst ethnic rioting in decades kills 156

URUMQI, China — Chanting “Strike down the criminals,” hundreds of paramilitary police with shields, rifles and clubs took control of the streets Monday in the capital of western China’s Muslim region, a day after the deadliest ethnic violence in decades.

Witnesses say ethnic protest spreads to second city in China’s Xinjiang region

BEIJING — Witnesses say an ethnic protest has spread to a second city in China’s western Xinjiang province after riots rocked the region’s capital, killing at least 140 and injuring more than 800.

China official says 140 people killed, 828 hurt amid riots in restive far west

URUMQI, China — Violent street battles killed at least 140 people and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit China’s volatile western Xinjiang region in decades, and officials said Monday the death toll was expected to rise.

State media says 140 people killed and more than 800 hurt in riots in China’s Xinjiang

URUMQI, China — Violence in the capital of China’s volatile Xinjiang region killed 140 people and injured 828, an official said Monday, following rioting by members of a Muslim ethnic group and a police crackdown on their demonstrations.

State media says 129 people killed and 816 hurt in riots in China’s Xinjiang

BEIJING — Chinese state media says that 129 people have been killed and more than 800 hurt in violence in the country’s western Xinjiang region.

Protest by Muslims in China’s far west turns violent

BEIJING — Nearly 1,000 protesters from a Muslim ethnic group rioted in China’s far west, overturning barricades, attacking bystanders and clashing with police in violence that killed at least four people, including a policeman, state media and witnesses said.