China police on alert for Xinjiang riot anniversary‎

The first anniversary of nearly 200 murders in Xinjiang China , Mostly the murders were committed by ethnic Uighers , Muslims , in some of the most outrageous acts of Peace one could commit in Islam !

With police out in force , this will be a Quite anniversary .

BBC
Riot police are patrolling in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region on the first anniversary of ethnic riots that claimed the lives of almost 200 people.

The streets are reported to be quieter than usual. Thousands of CCTV cameras have been set up in public places.

A government-run website said that all police leave had been cancelled.

The clashes that erupted on 5 July 2009 between Uighur Muslims and Han Chinese were the region's worst ethnic violence in decades.

The fighting ended after huge numbers of troops were deployed in the remote western region.

After the riots, the government suspended the region's communication links to the rest of the world, including international phone calls, text messaging and the internet.