Dozens killed in major terrorist attack in China

July 29, 2014 20:13

Dozens of civilians were killed or wounded in a major terror attack by knife-weilding extremists in China's restive Xinjiang province, the police said today.

A gang armed with knives attacked a police station and government offices in Elixku Township in Shache County, Kashgar prefecture. Some of the attackers then moved on to the nearby Huangdi Township, attacking civilians and smashing vehicles as they passed.

Dozens of Uygur and Han civilians were killed or injured in yesterday's attack, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Police officers at the scene shot dead dozens of members of the knife-wielding gang

Image: Chinese soldiers tell a woman to move on as they enforce a curfew. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

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