On July 5, serious violent crimes involving assaults, vandalism, looting and arson took place in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The riot has inflicted heavy losses of life and property. According to initial probe so far, 197 innocent people were killed and over 1,600 injured. The situation has now been fully brought under control

Evidence fully showed the riot was organized. It was instigated and masterminded by the World Uyghur Congress led by the ethnic separatist Rebiya Kadeer. The Congress used the June 26 factory brawl between Uygur and Han ethnic workers in Guangdong Province, in which two Uygurs died, to create chaos.

On July 1, the Congress held a special meeting, plotting to instigate unrest by sending messages via the Internet, telephones and mobile phones. On July 4, some people inside the country began to send out a flood of online posts encouraging people to go to the Renmin Square in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to protest on July 5 to support separatists abroad. The World Uyghur Congress incited troublemakers through the internet and other channels to "be braver" and to "do something big".

At 1:06 a.m. July 5, police in Urumqi were tipped off that some people were putting out illegal information calling for an illegal gathering at Renmin Square at 7 p.m. July 5. According to recordings of calls, at 11 a.m. July 5, Kadeer said as she called her younger brother in Urumqi, "A lot of things have happened, and we all knew something might happen in Urumqi in the evening of the next day."

The CPC Central Committee and State Council of China paid great attention to the incident, and instructed relevant departments and persons in charge to deal with the aftermath work with all their strength. The transport, working and living order in Urumqi have now completely returned to normal. The public security authority has arrested and detained over 1,400 suspects in accordance with the law. Each Relative of the victims can get $30,000 Government pension and another $30,000 pension donated by the social society.

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