China sentences 5 more people to death for murder and other crimes in July riots in Xinjiang

China sentences 5 more to death for Xinjiang riots

BEIJING — China has announced that five more people have been sentenced to death for murder and other crimes committed during riots that rocked the western Xinjiang region in July.

The official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday that the Intermediate People’s Court of Urumqi also sentenced two others to life in prison.

China announced in the middle of last month that nine Uighurs had been executed for taking part in the ethnic rioting that left nearly 200 people dead in July.