Rumors, Suspicion and Hysteria: Urumchi's Han Residents Target Uyghurs in September 2009 Pinprick Attack Scare

On September 3, 2009, Han Chinese residents of Urumchi rallied outside government

offices on People’s Square to protest a perceived lack of state inaction over the unrest of

July 5 that year and a spate of alleged pinprick attacks that began the previous month