Xinjiang terror attack: 37 killed, 13 injured A total of 37 civilians were killed and another 13 injured in a terrorist attack Monday in #Shache County, #Kashgar Prefecture, in Chinas #Xinjiang #Uygur Autonomous Region, authorities said Sunday. The regional government said that police gunned down 59 #terrorists and arrested 215 others. The case was first reported Tuesday, but no figures were given except that dozens of people had died. Among the dead were 35 Hans and two Uygurs, the government said. Police confiscated long knives, axes and terrorists banners that hailed #holy war.” A gang armed with knives and axes attacked a police station and government offices in Elixku Township early Monday morning, and some moved on to the nearby Huangdi Township, attacking civilians and smashing vehicles as they passed. The terrorists also set roadblocks on the Bachu-Shache Road and stopped vehicles from passing before slashing passengers indiscriminately and forcing civilians to join them in the terror attack, according to police. An investigation showed that it was an attack jointly organized and premeditated by terrorists in and outside China, the government said. The mastermind behind the attack was identified as Nuramat Sawut from Elixku Township, who had close connections with the terrorist organization East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). Kashgar Prefecture in Xinjiang lies right on China’s frontier with Pakistan and Afghanistan, and is seen as the frontline in China’s war on terrorism. Watch this CCTV News video to see how Chinese border police are stepping up cooperation with Pakistan, to fight terrorism.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 12:08:37 +0000
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