Injured Toll From China Riots Raised To 1,680

From AP:

State media says the Xinjiang (shihn-jahng) government has raised the injured toll in last week’s riots in the restive Chinese region to 1,680.

The official Xinhua (shihn-wah) News Agency said Sunday the number of people wounded during the ethnic violence that broke out July 5 in the regional capital of Urumqi (uh-ROOM’-chee) has increased by nearly 600 from a previous total of more than 1,100, according to the government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.