Eight police station ‘attackers’ shot dead in China’s Xinjiang

BEIJING: Eight “attackers” armed with knives and explosives were killed on Monday during an assault on a police station in China’s Xinjiang, according to authorities who have blamed “terrorists” for a string of deadly incidents in the largely Muslim region.

One of the attackers was held in the clash in Shache county, according to the official website of the government of Xinjiang, where mainly Muslim Uighurs are the largest ethnic group.