Armed attack on Kashgar police station said to leave nine assailants, two police dead
Eleven people were killed yesterday when a group of nine attacked a police station in Kashgar, Xinjiang, according to official media. All nine assailants, armed with axes and knives, were shot dead, and two auxiliary police officers were killed.
Eleven people were killed yesterday when a group of nine attacked a police station in Kashgar, Xinjiang, according to official media.
The attack took place at 5.30pm in Selibuya township, in Bachu county, called Maralbexi county in the Uygur language.
The leader of the attackers appears to have been a Uygur, based on the name that the report carried. The report gave no details about the identity of the other attackers or the group's motive.
It was the first violent attack in Xinjiang since the closure of the third plenum of the Communist Party's Central Committee last week and the announcement of the establishment of a national security committee.
A large-scale violent incident broke out in the same township, Selibuya, in April. Then, 21 people were killed in clashes involving axes, knives and the burning down of a house. Nine officials, six police officers and six ethnic Uygurs were left dead.