Sunday, 17 November 2013

China says 11 killed in assault on police station

 
 
 

source:Web Edition

 
 



BEIJING: Chinese police say 11 people were killed in an assault on a police station in the volatile northwestern region of Xinjiang.

The Xinjiang regional government said two auxiliary police officers and nine attackers were killed in the incident on Saturday afternoon.

It said the assailants used knives and axes in the attack in Bachu county’s Serikbuya township, near the historic city of Kashgar. It said two other police officers were injured in the clash. Calls to government and police offices in the region rang unanswered on Sunday. (AP)
 

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