Man held in Xinjiang over biker death post
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POLICE in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have detained a man for spreading rumors that a motorcyclist was shot dead by police for running a red light, a local news website reported yesterday.
The man, a resident of the region’s capital Urumqi, received 15 days detention on Wednesday after he forwarded a rumor that was created abroad, said Tianshan.com, quoting the public security bureaus of Urumqi and Aksu Prefecture.
At 11:40pm last Saturday, a young man named Abdubasit Ablimit from Yurqi Township of Aksu twice attacked a checkpoint while riding a motorcycle. He attempted to assault police there and grab their weapons, the website reported.
A warning shot failed to stop him and police had no option but to shoot the man, it was reported.
He was taken to hospital but died there the next morning, the website said.
Following the attack, rumormongers at home and abroad viciously distorted the facts, using the case to confuse the public, which led to the detention of the Urumqi resident, a local police officer said.
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