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More Xinjiang terrorist suspects captured

POLICE have captured more suspected terrorists linked to an attack on April 23 in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei said today.

Meng did not disclose the number of suspects seized, but said the police have made major progress in the investigation.

Police have tracked down a batch of homemade explosives, lethal weapons, and flags of "East Turkistan" terrorists, according to Meng.

The violent clash happened last Tuesday in a town of Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, some 1,200 km southwest of Urumqi, regional capital of Xinjiang.

The clash between the terrorists and authorities left 21 people dead, including 15 community workers and police officers and six terrorists, local authorities said. Eight terrorist suspects were captured on Tuesday.



 

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