URUMQI – Chinese authorities yesterday announced a higher death toll from ethnic riots in a predominantly Muslim western city, after the government warned its overseas workers in Algeria of possible attacks from Islamists.
Chinese companies and workers in Algeria were warned to be on alert after an Islamist website called for retaliation to Beijing’s crackdown to quell the unrest in Urumqi.The unrest began July 5 with a protest by Muslim Uighurs that spiralled into violence against Han Chinese. – Nampa-AP
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