Security Stepped Up After Ethnic Violence in China

(08 July 09 - RV) China flooded the capital of western Xinjiang province with security forces today after ethnic riots left at least 156 dead. The city's Communist Party leader has promised those behind the killings would be executed.
Ethnic clashes have paralyzed Urumqi over the past several days _ with minority Uighur and Han Chinese mobs roaming the streets and attacking each other.
The violence forced President Hu Jintao to cut short a trip to Italy where he was take part in the Group of Eight summit. We spoke to Fr Bernardo Cervellera, director of the AsiaNews agency...