Chinese curfew follows riot

THE government imposed a curfew last night in the capital city of western China after mobs of Han Chinese armed with cleavers roamed the streets looking for Muslim Uyghurs who had earlier attacked people in the country’s worst ethnic violence in decades.

Rioting broke out in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang autonomous region, on Sunday, killing at least 156 people.

Yesterday’s violence came despite police arresting more than 1,400 people.