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    27 killed in riots China's Xinjiang province

    Knife-wielding mobs attacked the township's police stations, the local government building and a construction site, stabbing people and setting police cars on fire, officials with Xinjiang's regional committee of the Communist Party of China said.

    June 26, 2013 / 13:57 IST

    Twenty seven people were killed today in riots, apparently involving native Uygur Muslims and Han Chinese migrants, in China's volatile Xinjiang province. Knife-wielding mobs attacked the township's police stations, the local government building and a construction site, stabbing people and setting police cars on fire, officials with Xinjiang's regional committee of the Communist Party of China said.


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    Riots which took place in remote Lukqun township of Shanshan County in Turpan Prefecture left 27 people, according to a report in state-run Xinhua news agency. Seventeen people had been killed -- including nine policemen or security guards and eight civilians -- before police opened fire and shot dead 10 rioters, the officials said on condition of anonymity.


    Three rioters were detained and police were chasing those who had fled, the officials said without clarifying how many were at large. Three people were injured by the mobs and were being treated at a local hospital. The Xinhua report did not identify the people but the province has been witnessing periodic violence as Uygurs have been protesting the migration of Hans into the province.

    Xinjaing, which borders Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) is experiencing a major conflict between nine million Uygurs and Han Chinese settlers, whose numbers have now grown over 40 per cent of the population of the province. China has deployed large number of security forces to deal with separatist East Turkistan Islamic Movement, (ETIM), which according to Chinese security forces is connected with Al-Qaeda. 

    first published: Jun 26, 2013 01:57 pm

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