A protest in China's restive Muslim far west turned violent Sunday, state media reported, and activists said police fired shots in the air and used batons to disperse a crowd that had swelled to nearly 1,000.
More than 300 people, mostly members of the largely Muslim Uighur ethnic group, had gathered to demand an investigation into a brawl June 25 between Uighur and Han Chinese workers at a toy factory in southern China, said Gulinisa Maimaiti, a 32-year-old employee of a foreign company who took part in the protest. (AP)
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