 Uyghurs maintained that the attacks started after the night shift at around 12 @.@ 30 a.m. , when Han mobs stormed into Uyghur dormitories and started indiscriminate and unprovoked beatings . Amateur videos posted online showed brutal attacks , and Han chasing Uyghurs through the dorm floors . One man said that he saw that security had been overwhelmed by the arrival of outside gangs ; he said it was common knowledge that the outsiders brought in machetes . Han and Uyghur witnesses interviewed by the foreign press thought the casualties had been understated by the authorities : a Han claimed to have killed seven or eight Uyghurs ; Uyghurs cited " merciless " assaults on those already in ambulances . The rioting stopped soon after the police arrived . A policeman explained their delay in arriving at the scene due to difficulties in assembling enough officers . The two dead men were later named as Aximujiang Aimaiti and Sadikejiang Kaze , both from Xinjiang . 
 Uyghurs maintained that the attacks started after the night shift at around 12 @.@ 30 a.m. , when Han mobs stormed into Uyghur dormitories and started indiscriminate and unprovoked beatings . Amateur videos posted online showed brutal attacks , and Han chasing Uyghurs through the dorm floors . One man said that he saw that security <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> been overwhelmed by the arrival of outside gangs ; he said it was common knowledge that the outsiders brought in machetes . Han and Uyghur witnesses interviewed by the foreign press thought the casualties <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> been understated by the authorities : a Han claimed to <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>have</mark></a> killed seven or eight Uyghurs ; Uyghurs cited " merciless " assaults on those already in ambulances . The rioting stopped soon after the police arrived . A policeman explained their delay in arriving at the scene due to difficulties in assembling enough officers . The two dead men <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> later named as Aximujiang Aimaiti and Sadikejiang Kaze , both from Xinjiang . 
Uyghurs maintained dat da attacks started after the nite shift at around 12 @.@ 30 a.m. , when Han mobs stormed into Uyghur dormitories and started indiscriminate and unprovoked beatings . Amateur videos posted online showed brutal attacks , and Han chasing Uyghurs through tdadorm floors . One man said that he saw that security done been overwhelmed by the arrival of outside gangs ; he said it was common knowledge that thdautsiders brought in machetes . Han and Uyghur witnesses interviewed by the foreign press thought the casualties done been understated by the authorities : a Han claimed to done killed seven or eight Uyghurs ; Uyghurs cited " merciless " assaults on those already in ambulances . Thedaoting stopped soon after the police arrived . A policeman explained their delay in arriving at the dane due to difficulties in assembling enough officers . The 2 dead men was later named as Aximujiang Aimaiti and Sadikejiang Kaze , both from Xinjiang .