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Posted: Mon Jul 6th, 2009 04:45 pm

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http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/07/sixty_arrests_at_china_demo_in.php

A number of the demonstrators were arrested for throwing stones at the embassy. Others attempted to climb over the fence surrounding the building, Nos said.Police said 250 people took part in the demonstration, which was in support of people living in the Xinjiang region of China.

Violence in the western province has left at least 140 people dead and more than 800 people injured, the BBC reported on Monday. Several hundred people were arrested after a protest, in the city of Urumqi on Sunday, turned violent.

Last edited on Mon Jul 6th, 2009 04:59 pm by JP

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