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3 sentenced to death for murder in Urumqi riot

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-04 19:28

URUMQI: Three people were sentenced to death for murder and other crimes committed in and after the July 5 riot in Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Friday.

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The defendants were Heyrinisa Sawut, Ruzikhari Niyaz and Li Longfei.

Another one was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Intermediate People's Court of Urumqi, while three others were given jail terms.

The trials were heard in open sessions with presence of relatives of the defendants and the victims.

On Thursday five people were sentenced to death by the court, two others were sentenced to life imprisonment while another six were given jail terms.

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