The Intermediate People’s Court in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang’s province found seven people guilty for various crimes, such as murder, inciting violence and breaking law and order and awarded death sentence to six, while seventh accused was given life imprisonment. Those sent to gallows are Abdukerim Abduwayit, Gheni Yusup, Abdulla Mettohti, Adil Rozi, Nureli Wuxiu'er, and Alim Metyusup, while the seventh accused Tayrejin Abulimit was given the benefit of assisting Chinese authority in nabbing the accused Alim Metysup and solving the ethnic violence case, he was awarded life imprisonment. The ethnic violence that erupted on July 5, according to senior Chinese officials was one of the worsts in decades.

Muslim Uighurs have been demanding more autonomy and freedom for themselves in Xinjiang region, which also has ethnic Han population, however, of late tension between the two communities have been brewing up and often leads to clashes sporadically. But the July violence left Chinese authority high and dry and it also gave many human rights groups an opportunity to again raise eyebrows on human right violation record of China.