Uygurs protest over teenager's fatal shooting in Aksu city, Xinjiang
Residents parade body of student shot by police after 'refusing to stop at checkpoint'
Uygurs, reportedly in their hundreds, have taken to the streets in a Xinjiang county to protest the shooting of a 17-year-old student, allegedly by police officers, during a traffic incident.
The official refused to give details about the scale of the protest or what triggered it. "There is still no conclusion about the incident yet," the official said.
The high-school student reportedly ran two red lights and refused to stop at a checkpoint on Saturday, Radio Free Asia reported, citing a Uygur police officer. Armed policemen shot him dead, sparking rallies on the day and into Sunday.
About 1,000 special police officers and helicopters were deployed to quell the protests, and more than 30 people were detained, the radio station said.
Photographs circulating online showed Uygurs marching while carrying a man's body, along with what appeared to be a close-up of bullet wounds on the victim's chest.