In the Western Chinese city of Urumqi, Xinjiang province, autorites have imposed a curfew after ethnic riots killed 153 people on Sunday.
Han Chinese, heavily armed, took to the streets of Urumqi in response to violence by the minority Muslim Uighurs. Police fired tear gas at the protestors and over 1,400 arrests were made.
Many Uighur men were arrested in what protestors described as abitary arrests in a massive sweep of the city's Uighur populated districts. After Uighur women had rallied in the streets, Han Chinese smashed shops and other properties owned by
Uighurs. Police attempted to prevent the Han demonstrators from accessing the Muslim Uighur areas and fired tear gas at the armed protestors. The Han chinese are angry at the security forces failure in dealing with protestors and have been chanting "down with the Uighurs" during their demonstrations. 
As night fell in the city reports say that there is a high security presence in the city centre, as well as at major road junctions across Urumqi.
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