The official Xinhua News Agency reported that 137 of the victims belonged to the dominant Han Chinese ethnic group. The Han victims included 111 men and 26 women, the report said.

The rest of the deaths were 45 men and one woman who were Uighurs along with one man of the Hui ethnic group, Xinhua said, citing the information office of the regional government. The report said the total death toll rose from 156 to 184.