At around 20:00 on July 5, there was an incident in Urumqi involving assault, vandalism, looting, arson and disturbance.  Certain persons held an illegal assembly around People's Plaza, Liberation Avenue and elsewhere and engaged in assault, vandalism, looting and arson.

Photo taken on July 5, 2009 shows a shop which is smashed in Tianchi Street in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The violence in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has led to the death of "a number of civilians and one armed police officer" on Sunday, sources with the regional government said early Monday.(Xinhua/Liu Bing)

Firemen put out a fire in Dawannanlu Street in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on July 5, 2009. (Xinhua/Shen Qiao)

Photo taken on July 5, 2009 shows a shop being burned in a street of Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.(Xinhua/Sadat)

An injured man is carried to an urgent care center in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on July 5, 2009.(Xinhua/Shen Qiao)

Residents injured by thugs  at the Urumqi Friendship hospital
in Urumqi, China, Monday, July 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Medical staff attend to the wounded following riots in Urumqi,
Xinjiang Autonomous Region, in China in this handout photo
which officials say was taken in the late evening of July 5, 2009
and released July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Chinese Information Bureau/Handout

A man is attended by a nurse, after he was injured during riots
 in Urumqi, at a hospital in the city during an official government
tour for the media, Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 6, 2009.  REUTERS/ Nir Elias

People who were injured during riots in Urumqi, rest in a hospital
in the city during an official government tour for the media,
Xinjiang Autonomous Region July 6, 2009. REUTERS/ Nir Elias

Zhao Li Hong, right with bruises on her face accompany her husband, Liu Yanghe
whose leg was broken after they were attacked by thugs. Urumqi Friendship Hospital in Urumqi, China, Monday, July 6 , 2009.
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Huang Zhengjiang speaking to journalists about being attacked
by thugs as he recuperates at the Urumqi Friendship hospital
in Urumqi, China, Monday, July 6 , 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Waste collector Du Xiaozhan talks about using his hands to
protect his five year old son as thugs beat him unconscious
at the Urumqi Friendship hospital in Urumqi, China, Monday, July 6 , 2009.  
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Huan Chen Jiang, 48, who was injured during riots in Urumqi,
is seen in a hospital in the city during an official government tour
for the media, Xinjiang July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Nir Elias

A girl who was injured during riots in Urumqi, sits in a hospital
in the city during an official government tour for the media,
Xinjiang July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Nir Elias

A video grab from Xinjiang TV shows a crying woman carrying
her baby next to a soldier in Urumqi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China July 6, 2009.

Residents walk past a smashed up shop front following riots in
Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang, Monday, July 6, 2009.

A resident stands near a burnt car dealership in Urumqi, China,
Monday, July 6 , 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

People walk past burnt out vehicles following a deadly riot in Urumqi. (AFP/Peter Parks)

 

A photograph published on the social networking service Twitter
on July 6, 2009 purportedly shows a dead body following a riot
in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on July 5, 2009.

Journalists stand in front of a car dealership which was destroyed
during Sunday riot in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region July 6, 2009.