China sentences 3 to prison in first needle-attacks trials
Assaults raised ethnic tensions 2 months after riots
Posted: September 13, 2009 at 6:33 a.m.
A court in western China's Xinjiang region sentenced three people to up to 15 years in prison Saturday in the first trials over a series of mysterious syringe attacks that led to mass protests against the local government.
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