An ethnic minority Uyghur suspect stabbed a police officer to death and seriously wounded another in northwestern China\u2019s troubled Xinjiang region after he was allegedly tortured during interrogations, local police said. <\/p>\n
2014-06-25<\/p>\n
An ethnic minority Uyghur suspect stabbed a police officer to death and seriously wounded another in northwestern China\u2019s troubled Xinjiang region after he was allegedly tortured during interrogations, local police said. <\/p>\n
The attack occurred at the Ishkul township police station in Yarkand (in Chinese, Shache) county in Kashgar prefecture last Friday, police officers at the station told RFA\u2019s Uyghur Service.<\/p>\n
Police officer Tao Yuanjiang died on the spot while station chief Ding Feng was serious injured in the attack by the unidentified suspect after his second interrogation in a week, they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two officers were attacked by a suspect who is from Karakum village while he was leaving the police station,\u201d an officer said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDing Feng is still in a county hospital and has not recovered. We are not aware of his current situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Local government officials said the suspect has been arrested while unconfirmed reports said he has been shot dead.<\/p>\n
Osman Eli, the chief of Karakum village, said the violence occurred after the suspect was summoned by police for the second time within a week.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was released the first time because they could not find any criminal records on him,\u201d Eli told RFA.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard from his family that he was tortured during the first interrogation. So I assume that he attacked the police rather than risk being called for another interrogation and torture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess the police did not give him a full-body security check based on the result of the first interrogation,\u201d Eli said. \u201cIt was sudden and the police were taken by surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Suspect’s fate not confirmed<\/b><\/p>\n
A security officer in the township government said the suspect had been taken to the Yarkand county police department.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard that the suspect was taken to the county police department after the incident but I\u2019m not sure whether he was taken alive or dead,\u201d security officer Adil Rozi told RFA.<\/p>\n
In a separate attack, five police officers were killed in a predawn attack on Friday at a security checkpoint in southwestern Hotan prefecture, police had told RFA at the weekend.<\/p>\n
Unknown assailants had stabbed two police officers guarding the checkpoint in Qaraqash (in Chinese, Moyu) county and then set fire to a room in the building where three police officers were taking a nap, police said.<\/p>\n
The Qaraqash attack stemmed from government harassment of Uyghur women wearing headscarves and men with beards, according to residents.<\/p>\n
The violence followed several high-profile attacks blamed on militants in Xinjiang, the traditional home of the Uyghurs, who complain they have long suffered ethnic discrimination, oppressive religious controls, and continued poverty and joblessness.<\/p>\n
Xinjiang authorities declared a one-year crackdown on \u201cviolent terrorist activities\u201d last month following the May 22 bombing at a market in Xinjiang\u2019s capital Urumqi that killed 43 people, including the four attackers. <\/p>\n
Reported by Shohret Hoshur for RFA\u2019s Uyghur Service. Translated by Shohret Hoshur. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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