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CSI in the News - CSI Today

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Beij<strong>in</strong>g Rejects Death Claims2012‐01‐04The denial comes amid criticism over violence that followed a mosque demolition <strong>in</strong> a northwesternCh<strong>in</strong>ese village.Reports said clashes between Hui Muslims and police led to a number of deaths <strong>in</strong> Tongx<strong>in</strong> county.Ch<strong>in</strong>ese authorities have dismissed reports of deaths <strong>in</strong> clashes last week between Hui Muslims andpolice over <strong>the</strong> demolition of a mosque <strong>in</strong> northwestern N<strong>in</strong>gxia region as Beij<strong>in</strong>g came under rarecriticism from a key global Islamic group over <strong>the</strong> violence.Accord<strong>in</strong>g to a Hong Kong‐based rights group, hundreds of Muslims <strong>in</strong> N<strong>in</strong>gxia's Taoshan village clashedwith police <strong>in</strong> a bid to prevent <strong>the</strong> demolition work, and <strong>the</strong> ensu<strong>in</strong>g violence caused several deaths.Hundreds of residents <strong>in</strong> Taoshan village confronted police armed with tear gas, truncheons and knives,Hong Kong's South Ch<strong>in</strong>a Morn<strong>in</strong>g Post reported.An official who answered <strong>the</strong> phone at <strong>the</strong> Tongx<strong>in</strong> county government, which oversees Taoshan village,denied that any deaths had occurred."No, nobody died," <strong>the</strong> official said <strong>in</strong> an <strong>in</strong>terview on Tuesday.Page 28 of 161

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