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KANGDING, China (Reuters) – China said 19 people were killed in riots in the Tibetan capital last week and official media warned against the unrest spreading to the northwest region of Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims bridle under Chinese control.
Eighteen were burnt or hacked to death in the Lhasa violence, Xinhua news agency said.
The rising toll comes amid mounting international concern over China’s handling of the protests, overshadowing the run-up to the Beijing Olympic Games in August that the host hopes will be a celebration of its arrival as a world power.
Xinhua said 18 civilians and a policeman died in Lhasa. A total of 382 people were wounded, 58 seriously. Arsonists set fire to 908 shops, 84 vehicles, seven schools and 120 homes, the agency said.
Lhasa police issued a “most wanted” list of 21 suspects and posted their pictures on the Internet.
Exiled Tibetans claim as many as 100 have died in the protests which spilled over this week into neighboring ethnic-Tibetan areas. Army helicopters flew over the town of Kangding in the west of Sichuan province. In a village to the northwest, witnesses said in trouble this week, anyone looking Han Chinese or “different” were being beaten up.
“SPLIT THE MOTHERLAND”
The official media of the northwest region of Xinjiang warned against outbreaks of unrest there inspired by Tibetan protests.