Xinjiang police kill 13 attackers
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THIRTEEN people were shot dead yesterday morning as they attacked a police station in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the local government said.
Three police officers were slightly injured in the incident, but no civilians were hurt, according to the regional information office.
The attackers rammed a truck into a building occupied by the public security bureau of Yecheng County in southern Xinjiang, and set off explosives.
Police shot and killed 13 attackers at the scene, the office said, without elaborating.
Public order has since been restored and the incident is being investigated.
Xinjiang is a remote region with more than half of its population ethnic minorities who hold Muslim beliefs.
Violent attacks in the name of “jihad” have been increasing since 2009 and are regarded as the biggest threat to the region, according to officials from the regional public security department.
Authorities, however, did not say who was responsible for yesterday’s attack.
Yecheng in the region’s Kashgar Prefecture is more than 1,500 kilometers southwest of the regional capital Urumqi.
Xinjiang has stepped up anti-terrorism efforts following attacks on train stations in Kunming, Yunnan Province, and Urumqi earlier this year. A total of 13 people were executed on June 16 in Xinjiang for terrorist attacks and violent crimes.
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