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Court in Xinjiang sentences 3 to death
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Three men were sentenced to death yesterday and another jailed for 25 years for a violent terrorist attack which left 24 people dead in Shanshan County in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on June 26.
The Intermediate People’s Court of the Turpan Prefecture, which administers Shanshan County, handed the death penalty to Ahmatniyaz Sidiq for his guilt in organizing, leading and participating in a terrorist organization, homicide and arson.
He was also deprived of political rights for life.
The court also sentenced Urayim Eli and Abdulla Esrapil to death for their participation in the terrorist organization and homicide.
Akram Usman was sentenced to 25 years in jail and was deprived of political rights for five years for his participation in the terrorist organization, homicide and arson.
The court found that Akram Usman, Urayim Eli and Abdulla Esrapil had gathered with Eli Ahmatniyaz and others on a number of occasions at Lukqun Township in Shanshan County since April for the purpose of engaging in illegal religious activities.
Religious extremism
They advocated and spread religious extremism, watched violence-inciting videos from foreign terrorist organizations, and read books on religious extremism to further conspire on terrorist activities, the court said.
Eli Ahmatniyaz gathered with Akram Usman and four others at Lukqun Township on June 19 and plotted attacks against the local police station, government offices and a market.
Akram Usman and his conspirators bought gasoline and 47 knives during the period from June 20 to 25, the court said.
A gang of 13 people, including Ahmatniyaz Sidiq, Urayim Eli, Abdulla Esrapil and Eli Ahmatniyaz, carried out the violent attack early on the morning of June 26.
A police investigation had shown that the multiple attacks were a premeditated and organized violent terrorist crime.
The methods used were merciless in the extreme and the incident had serious consequences so they ought to be severely punished in accordance with the law, the court said.
The attacks killed 24 people, including two police officers, and injured 23 others.
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