Five sentenced to death over deadly China riots

A court in China's Xinjiang region has sentenced five people to death for murder and other crimes over deadly ethnic riots in July, state media said. Two other people were sentenced to life imprisonment, Xinhua news agency said. Nine people were executed last month over the riots in which nearly 200 ...

China sentences six to death over Xinjiang riots

BEIJING, Oct 12 (Reuters) - A Chinese court in the restive far western region of Xinjiang on Monday sentenced six people to death for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic rioting in July in which almost 200 people were killed. It was not immediately clear from the brief report by the ...