Clashes In China's Restive Xinjiang Kill At Least 16 -- Christian Science Monitor/Reuters
Fourteen people and two policemen were killed during a riot, according to government officials, in the latest unrest in the region.
Chinese police shot and killed 14 people during a riot near the old Silk Road city of Kashgar in which two policemen were also killed, the local government said on Monday, the latest unrest in a region that has a substantial Muslim population.
China has previously called some of the violence in the far western region of Xinjiang the work of Islamist militants plotting holy war.
Describing the incident which happened late on Sunday, Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stopped short of directly blaming Islamist militants but said a "violent terror gang" attacked police with explosives.
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More News On Today's Deadly Clash Between Muslim Uighurs And Chinese Police In Xinjiang
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Another Deadly Clash Between Muslim Uighurs and Chinese Police -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Report: 16 dead in clashes in China's Xinjiang province -- UPI
Chinese state media says clash in Xinjiang leaves 16 dead -- Al Jazeera
Violence in China's restive Xinjiang leaves 16 dead: reports -- Global Post/Kyodo News
China: ‘Terror Gang’ Blamed as Riot Kills 16 in Muslim Xinjiang -- International Business Times
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