July 5, 2009 (May 13, 2009 in the lunar calendar), the "July 5" incident in Urumqi. At around 20:00 on July 5, 2009, a serious violent crime of beating, smashing, looting and burning occurred in Urumqi City, Xinjiang. As of 23:30, many innocent people and an armed police officer had been killed. It is understood that the "World Uyghur Congress" headed by ethnic separatist Kadeer Kadeer recently incited trouble through various channels such as the Internet to "be brave" and "something big will happen." At around 20:00 on July 5, some people brutally beat, smashed, looted and burned people in People's Square, Jiefang Road, Dabazaar, Xinhua South Road, Outer Ring Road and other places in Urumqi City. As of 23:30, many innocent people and an armed police officer had been killed, some people and the armed police had been injured, many vehicles had been burned, and many shops had been smashed and burned. Responsible comrades from relevant departments pointed out that facts show that this was a premeditated and organized violent crime commanded and incited by remote control from abroad and specifically organized within the country. The Party Committee and Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region attach great importance to it and mobilize police force in a timely manner. At present, the situation has been brought under control. The Party Committee and Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held a press conference at noon today on the serious violent criminal incident of beating, smashing, looting and burning Urumqi City on July 5. Li Zhi, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and secretary of the Urumqi Municipal Party Committee, reported at the meeting that according to the latest statistics, the incident killed 140 people and injured 828 people. 261 vehicles were burned, including 190 buses, more than 10 taxis, and 203 shops were damaged. The construction area is 6300 square meters, 14 houses have been damaged, and the construction area is 1200 square meters. Rare live video exposure of the Seventh Five-Year Incident: At about 17:00 on July 5, 2009, more than 200 people gathered in People's Square in Urumqi City. The Xinjiang police carried out corresponding disposal work in accordance with the work deployment and emergency handling plan, forcibly removed more than 70 people who took the lead in trouble from the scene in accordance with the law, quickly controlling the situation. After that, a large number of people gathered in areas inhabited by ethnic minorities such as Jiefang South Road, Erdaoqiao, and Shanxi Lane areas, and shouted slogans. The scene was in chaos. At about 19:30, Some people gathered in front of a hospital in Shanxi Lane, with thousands of people. A rare on-site video of the Seventh Fighter Incident was exposed: thugs holding machetes killed people at random. At about 1940, more than 300 people blocked the road along Renmin Road and South Gate. The police promptly controlled and evacuated these people. At about 20:18, acts of vandalism began. Violent criminals overturned road guardrails and smashed the windows of three buses. At about 2030, the violence escalated, and violent criminals began to burn police cars and beat passers-by along Jiefang South Road and Longquan Street. About 700 to 800 people rushed to the People's Square and swam in an organized manner along the square towards the large and small west gates. There were constant incidents of beating, smashing, looting, and burning along the way. At about 21 o'clock, about 200 Uyghur young people were in the People's Square Autonomous Region Party Committee shouting slogans nearby and attempted to enter the compound of the party committee office before leaving. This incident is also known as the "7.5" incident in Urumqi. After the incident occurred, the headquarters handling the incident quickly mobilized nearly 10,000 police officers to go to the square, South Gate, Tuanjie Road, Racecourse, Xinhua South Road, Xinjiang University, Hongyanchi Power Plant and other locations where the situation was serious to deal with. By around 2200, large-scale beating, smashing, looting, burning and killing had been basically controlled. Violent criminals began to change their strategies and operate in multiple ways and groups to create incidents of beating, smashing, looting, burning and killing. The headquarters quickly adjusted its strategy, organized and deployed front-line disposal forces, and formed a small team to search for beating, smashing, looting and burning people along the city to rescue trapped people. The situation in the early morning was basically under control. Facts have shown that this was a premeditated and organized violent criminal incident commanded and incited by remote control from abroad and specifically organized and implemented within the country.