Eight people are dead after a knife attack in China’s restive Xinjiang region.<\/p>\n
2017-02-15<\/p>\n
Eight people are dead after a knife attack in China’s restive Xinjiang region.<\/p>\n
Three assailants killed five people and injured 10 others before they were shot dead by police on Tuesday in Pishan county, local officials said.<\/p>\n
No motive was given, but the government often blames Muslim separatists for such attacks.<\/p>\n
Xinjiang, an autonomous region, is home to China’s Uighur ethnic minority, which is predominantly Muslim.<\/p>\n
The region has suffered years of unrest.<\/p>\n
Rights groups say the violence is due to the tight controls by the government on the religion and culture of Uighurs. The government denies any repression.<\/p>\n
A statement posted on the local government website called the attackers “thugs”. It said police were on the scene within minutes.<\/p>\n
“At present, social order is normal at the site, society is stable, and investigation work is under way,” it said.<\/p>\n
The county issued the highest level of security alert after the attack and armed police are patrolling the streets, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper reports.<\/p>\n
Dilxat Raxit, of the exiled World Uyghur Congress, told the Agence France-Presse news agency that six people had been arrested, including two young Uighurs who shared information about the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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