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| NE China: Three 'Xinjiang terrorists' shot dead by police |
| 2015-07-14 |
| Police in the north-eastern Chinese city of Shenyang have shot dead three "knife-wielding" men, state media said, calling them Xinjiang terrorists. A woman was also injured in the raid which took place on Monday afternoon. Xinjiang province, home to a significant Muslim Uighur population, has seen several clashes and public attacks in recent years, which police have attributed to terrorists. Monday's incident was one of the few such clashes outside of Xinjiang. The statement, as reproduced in Chinese media, said that police caught 16 "terrorism suspects" in a raid in Shenyang. During the raid, officers entered a rented apartment where they "discovered Xinjiang terrorist suspects" and were attacked by four people "wearing masks, holding long knives, and shouting 'holy war' slogans," the statement said. Police then retreated and called for back-up. More than 200 officers, including an anti-terrorist unit, evacuated nearby residents and surrounded the building. A cherry picker was used to reach the seventh-floor apartment. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |