Analysis of this video is pending. It appears to be footage of the mosque incident on 7/14. It shows some guys stirring up some folks in a mosque, and then later actual footage of two men charging at the police with machetes and getting shot in the street.
This appears to be Urumqi — there is a red banner inside the mosque with Chinese characters. As for the scene outside with the men getting shot, there appears to be China Telecom advertising style signage on the side of the road, Chinese character banners, and the ubiquitous white barrier that separates the roads.
More analysis to come.
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Very interesting video. While we can be grateful for the Chinese government taking the initiative and releasing documentary evidence (in contrast to the vast majority of instances) of some of the events in Urumqi, this footage also bolsters the arguments of human rights campaigners. It is obvious that there are multiple surveillance cameras in this mosque. Something tells me that these were not placed there at the request of security minded Imams. I doubt the leadership of Xinjiang considered that angle when deciding to release the video.
Posted 27 Jul 2009 at 9:37 am ¶How can you tell that the two men in the video were actually “charging at police”? I don’t think that’s a foregone conclusion.
Posted 29 Jul 2009 at 12:33 pm ¶Many in the mosque seem to be shocked and intimidated at the agitators and move away from them quickly as they commence to raise their weapons and move out. The mullah or leader of prayers seems to be castigating them by pointing at them ( or…?) and quickly ends the prayer with the usual ‘amin’ it appears and the wiping of the hands across the face.
After the initial shots were fired the agitators were basically incapacitated and incapable of reaching the fleeing pedestrians (not police in the frame. At this point they could easily have been apprehended and subdued. Was it neccesary for them to be shot again and killed? If audio was available we could perhaps better understand the situation and what inspired the guys with weapons. Whatever the true scenario, the agitators definitly seemed crazed to a point.
Posted 30 Jul 2009 at 5:42 pm ¶I have a friend who has a police friend in Xinjiang. He tells him that Han are still getting killed in dark Uighur alleys. I wanted to go to see Kashgar before it got razed, but now it’s just too dangerous to go. I don’t see how things can get back to “normal” soon after this riot.
Posted 02 Aug 2009 at 9:53 am ¶here’s the break down:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aa8_1248037806
00:34 – one man produces a machete inside the mosque
Posted 07 Aug 2009 at 11:28 pm ¶00:40 – second man joins first, holding mechete
00:43 – third man joins, holding mechete
00:45 – people are chased outside by 3 men with mechete
00:48 – 3-4 shots were fired out of camera
00:56 – a man charging with mechete was shot, falls to the ground
00:57 – the man gets up, charges again
01:00 – the man is shot agan, falls to the ground
01:01 – second man with mechete continues to charge towards direction of gunshot
01:08 – second man is shot, falls to the ground (police are now in camera)
01:10 – second man gets up, charges and was shot again
01:16 – three police standing over third man, calling for ambulance. Mechete is next to the man
01:21 – injured man is loaded onto ambulance
01:29 – police leaving the scene with mechetes and a bag
01:43 – police couting 20 mechetes inside the bag
01:46 – XUAR govenor Nur Berki describes the incident where 3 men with mechetes raised, chasing parishioners and security guards out of the mosque, and charging police once outside