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The police in China on Monday shot and killed 14 people during a riot near the old Silk Road city of Kashgar, the local government said.
It also said two policemen were killed in the latest unrest, in a region that has substantial Muslim population.
China had previously described some of the violence in the far western region of Xinjiang as the work of Islamist militants plotting holy war.
Hua Chunying, a Spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said ``a violent terror gang" attacked police with explosives.
The regional government said police were attacked by a mob throwing explosive devices and wielding knives when they went to arrest "criminal suspects" in a village near Kashgar.
“Police responded decisively," the government said in a brief statement, adding that two people had also been detained and that an investigation had been launched.
Similarly, no fewer than nine civilians and two policemen were killed when a group of people armed with axes and knives attacked a police station also near Kashgar last month, the state media said.
China said the attack was also carried out by Islamist militants, and has reacted angrily to suggestions that it was because of frustration and anger over government repression of the region's Muslims.
It also said two policemen were killed in the latest unrest, in a region that has substantial Muslim population.
China had previously described some of the violence in the far western region of Xinjiang as the work of Islamist militants plotting holy war.
Hua Chunying, a Spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said ``a violent terror gang" attacked police with explosives.
The regional government said police were attacked by a mob throwing explosive devices and wielding knives when they went to arrest "criminal suspects" in a village near Kashgar.
“Police responded decisively," the government said in a brief statement, adding that two people had also been detained and that an investigation had been launched.
Similarly, no fewer than nine civilians and two policemen were killed when a group of people armed with axes and knives attacked a police station also near Kashgar last month, the state media said.
China said the attack was also carried out by Islamist militants, and has reacted angrily to suggestions that it was because of frustration and anger over government repression of the region's Muslims.
