A court in China's far western Xinjiang region sentenced six men to death Monday for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people. A seventh man was given life imprisonment.
The official Xinhua News Agency said seven people were convicted of murder, and some also convicted of arson and robbery. Six received the death penalty: Abdukerim Abduwayit, Gheni Yusup, Abdulla Mettohti, Adil Rozi, Nureli Wuxiu'er, and Alim Metyusup. A seventh man - Tayirejan Abulimit - got a lesser life imprisonment because he had aided in the capture of another man, confirmed Li Jie, a spokesman for the Xinjiang regional government. The names of the convicted men appeared to identify them as Uighurs.
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