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'They Never Care': Angry Relatives of China Fire Victims Dispute Death Toll

November 29, 2022
Source: newsweek.com newsweek.com
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A woman who lost five family members in a deadly fire in apartment in Urumqi, capital of China's northwestern Xinjiang region, is disputing the government's death toll, as mass unrest over strict COVID regulations continues to rock the country. Local authorities say 10 people were killed and nine were injured when a fire that took three hours to extinguish tore through a high-rise building in the city on Thursday evening. Many have questioned whether rescue efforts were hampered as a result of COVID restrictions. Urumqi is capital of Xinjiang—home to the Turkic-speaking Uyghur population, the majority of whom practice Islam....
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