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Protesters arrested after stoning Chinese embassy
Associated Press
2009-07-06 09:21 PM
Dutch police say they have arrested about 60 protesters after they began throwing stones at China's embassy in The Hague.

Police spokeswoman Chantal Marges says the violence erupted at a demonstration against Chinese policies in Xinjiang province.

The Dutch protest came after reports that violent street battles have killed at least 140 people and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit China's western Xinjiang region in decades.

The riots followed discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China's Han majority.

About 200 people took part in Monday's protest in The Hague. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.

Marges says 60 people were arrested for disturbing the peace and were being taken from the scene by bus.

 
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