"DOWN WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, DOWN WITH XI JINPING", and “LIFT LOCKDOWN FOR URUMQI, LIFT LOCKDOWN FOR XINJIANG, LIFT LOCKDOWN FOR ALL OF CHINA!".

Footage from several different angles showed a man holding a bouquet of yellow flowers being dragged into a police car as onlookers shouted. Dozens of policemen in yellow high-vis jackets formed a thick line, cordoning off the streets where the protests had taken place, while their colleagues asked people to leave the area.