(AGI) - Beijing, 3 Sept. - There are a reported 470 people hit in Xinjiang by syringes presumably filled with AIDS contaminated blood: reported television broadcaster 'Bingtuan', which has its headquarters in the same autonomous region which depends on central authority, after new clashes which occurred in Urumqi, capital of former Eastern Turkestan, between the local Uiguri community and ethnic Han immigrants, who hold the majority in China. ''Since last August 20 the government in Xinjiang has received reports from local epidemiological centres that say 476 people have been assailed using syringes'', the television network reported. Before the news, without making a precise estimation, the report was denied.
  Violent clashes between the communities already erupted in July with a toll of at least 200 dead and 1,700 wounded. The Uiguri, Muslims who speak a language similar to Turkish, have always called for greater autonomy from Beijing and an end to economic discrimination by the Han.